Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos is an independent scholar, journalist, and author of Silent Sorority and An IVF survivor unravels ‘fertility’ industry narratives. Her pioneering work focuses on the marketing narratives of the commercial fertility industry, the lived experience of IVF survivorship, and the socio-environmental impacts of regional tourism governance.
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Why pronatalism won’t reverse birth-rate decline
Slower growth—and ultimately zero growth—is good for people and the planet, but maybe not for those in power, who for millennia relied on women’s reproductive labor to produce more workers, consumers, and taxpayers. Today’s Trump-era and even progressive pronatalist policies try to reverse the trend, but here’s why they’re doomed to fail.
July 13, 2026
