There are those who would have us believe that having babies,
or not having babies, is a political act.
Something that transmits your allegiance to one cultural movement or another.
On the right, JD Vance wants, quote, more babies in the United States,
while Elon Musk does his part, personally, to answer the call.
Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA said this to an audience of young conservative women.
We have millions of young women.
that are miserable.
You know, the most,
the most miserable and depressed people in America are career-driven, early 30-something women.
It's not my numbers, it's the pure research numbers.
They're most likely to say that they're upset, they're depressed, they're an anti-depressants.
Do you know who the happiest women in America are?
Married women with lots of children, by far.
Meanwhile, on the political left and elsewhere,
people agonize about whether to have children at all.
for environmental reasons or money reasons, or I just don't want to spend my time that way reasons.
Get ready with me when I tell you all the reasons why I don't want to have kids.
I want to spend my money on what I want to spend my money on.
I don't want another human life dictating what I'm going to do.