{"id":31138,"date":"2024-05-15T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=31138"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:24:17","slug":"large-families-will-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/large-families-will-save-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Large families will save the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By <\/em><\/strong>Carlos Beltramo, Ph.D. | PRI European Office<\/em><\/strong>, originally published May 6, 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIdeas have Consequences,\u201d warned Richard Weaver.  And bad ideas have had very bad consequences, especially when it comes to population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Ehrlich\u2019s The Population Bomb<\/em>, published in 1968, was one of the worst ideas ever to come from the mind of man. It predicted the \u201coverpopulation\u201d would cause massive famines in the years to come.  Ehrlich\u2019s book coincided with the sexual revolution and the widespread use of the pill and was popularized by the practitioners of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result? The popular aversion to having children that Ehrlich helped to spawn, not to mention the coercive population control movement, has cost hundreds of millions of unborn lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, Pope Paul VI\u2019s prophetic encyclical, Humanae Vitae<\/em>, published in July of that same year, had much less of an impact. It predicted that, if the world embraced the spirit of reproductive selfishness recommended by Ehrlich and the controllers, that it would ultimately prove disastrous for humanity\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past 56 years, every prediction that Ehrlich made has been proven wrong, while every prediction made by Pope Paul VI has been proven right. Ehrlich exaggerated the numbers and their impact, while Pope Paul VI told hard truths and explained their inescapable consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even today, political leaders continue to promote Ehrlich\u2019s ideas, while continuing to ignore the warnings of Humanae Vitae<\/em>. It\u2019s bizarre, really.  The world bought Ehrlich\u2019s fearmongering and got the results foretold by the Pope\u2014a \u201cdemographic winter\u201d and an accelerating \u201cbirth dearth\u201d that is depopulating entire nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whole peoples are refusing bear children. Why? Because they are afraid of the burden that having a family entails. And to make matters worse, these singletons and selfish couples are often afraid that others are \u201cselfishly\u201d having children and raising families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are just enough of us, but waaay too many of you,\u201d as P.J. O\u2019Rourke described their attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the fear of overpopulation declines, the anti-people movement has a new phobia: \u201cClimate Change!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this change real and, if so, are people causing it? The answer to both questions is arguably \u201cno\u201d, but many couples still claim that not having children is necessary to save the world.  In their own view, they are \u201cclimate heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the greatest underlying problem is one that Pope Paul VI warned us about: couples don\u2019t see children as a blessing. This attitude is especially prominent in Spain. A lack of trust in Divine Providence, coupled with a lack of generosity and a touch of \u201ccarpe diem\u201d mentality, leads couples to see children more as a hindrance than a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This combination of errors has caused profound suffering throughout Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain\u2019s Alejandro Macarr\u00f3n, President of the Demographic Renaissance Foundation, who possesses great insight regarding demographic issues in Spain, tells us: \u201cBirthrate trends in Spain and all over the West\u2013except Israel\u2013are breathtakingly bad. Same in the Far East and other world regions. Each year, more and more countries record all-time lows in fertility. The lack of reaction to this disaster might even be more worrisome than the disaster itself. Too many benighted politicians, so-called intellectuals, ESG promoters and leading media figures actually welcome<\/em> demographic suicide!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result? The birth rate in the Basque region, which 20 years ago had a solid 2.78 children born per woman, has today dropped to 1.18. This is half of what the population needs to replace itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many communities, including many city neighborhoods, there are more pet dogs than children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unavoidable consequence of this barrenness is an epidemic of loneliness throughout Spain. In 1976, only one percent of the population lived in single-person households. Today, that figure has skyrocketed to 12%. And it will keep inexorably growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1976, 36.5% of the population was under 20 years old, which meant that grandparents could routinely enjoy the company of their grandchildren. Today that figure has been cut in half and stands at 18.2%. Spain\u2019s population pyramid has been turned on its head. Soon grandparents will outnumber grandchildren.  Soon, on a very practical level, there will be too few active workers to pay for the pensions of the growing percentage of retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with this daunting prospect, what does Spain\u2019s government tell us?  It tells us that there are already too many people in Spain and that they are causing a climate emergency!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But is not lost. The Association of Large Families is large and growing.  To belong to this group you have to have three or more children.  They are, in other words, precisely those who can save Spain from the real disaster of depopulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These generous parents have decided to step forward and launch a magnificent campaign. Today many Madrile\u00f1os were pleasantly surprised when they saw the hundreds of billboards and placards that the Association has posted all over the capital of Madrid and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message reads: \u201cSave the planet! Have more children!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Placed near popular bus shelters and metro stops, these messages are seen by millions of Spaniards every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message might surprise the Woke, but many rejoice to see this fundamental truth laid bare. Mar\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez, President of the Association and main proponent of this welcome effort, tells the PRI European Office that the message is resonating with the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWhat good is a pollution-free world if there are no people to enjoy it?\u201d the message goes on to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The socialist government, on the other hand, seems intent upon making the demographic winter even worse.  It is working hard to make abortion easier and to pass a euthanasia law.  It is even trying to erase the concept of large families from the law. The socialists have authored a bill to change \u201clarge family\u201d to \u201cfamilies with greater needs for parenting support.\u201d That way they can include \u201cfamilies\u201d with \u201ctwo fathers\u201d, \u201ctwo mothers\u201d, and maybe even more. In other words, they are trying to define \u201clarge families\u201d out of existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all double talk, but Spanish large families are not intimidated by the woke culture coming from the government. They not only heroically raise several children with almost no government support but they\u2019re also going public with their message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Alejandro Macarr\u00f3n says, \u201cLarge families are the only households contributing to a milder demographic winter. Moreover, Madrid\u2019s Large Families Association, headed by mother-of-nine Mar\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez, fights bravely for family benefits while promoting people having more children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign is complemented by a humorous and insightful video that dismantles the lies of the anti-life establishment and encourages young people to embark on the adventure of having more children\u2026 for the sake of the planet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against so many government lies and so many \u201cbad ideas\u201d turned into \u201cvery bad consequences\u201d through public policy decisions, there is hope. Europe has few opportunities, but campaigns like the Madrid Large Families Association make us think that a truly better world is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlos Beltramo is the Director of the Population Research Institute’s European Office.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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