i haven't done a first things reading series in a while so let's see what they've got for us today https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/10/morbid-safetyism

catherine health is kind of important and “normal outcomes of childbirth” might be cool to deal with but sepsis and eclampsia are famously not

i want to believe this can’t possibly be going where i think it is, but i know it the way i know that the gay kid in a slasher movie will die

oh yeah she went there. yes she’s absolutely equating “living people who were killed” with “people who were not conceived”

environmental pollution has had terrible consequences for fertility and many, many women forego children they would otherwise have because they’re too poor, but sure let’s talk about the sinister unintended effect of car seats

to be clear, the only good she’s actually focusing on here is number of babies born. that’s it. and “life” here is liberal freedom from the government. this is identical to rusty reno’s most rabid ravings, but with cute kids