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Too Many Sperm, Too Few Families
Original Article Posted By: gaboy, 2/5/2026 2:52:47 PM Russian billionaire Pavel Durov has made his frozen sperm available worldwide through his Altra Vita clinic. He claims that he is doing this to alleviate a shortage of "high-quality donor material." And he adds that his sperm has fathered at least 100 children in at least 12 countries. Then we read of Chinese billionaires going outside of China, where domestic surrogacy is illegal, to quietly have large numbers of U.S.-born babies.
Too Many Sperm, Too Few Families
AP Russian billionaire Pavel Durov has made his frozen sperm available worldwide through his Altra Vita clinic. He claims that he is doing this to alleviate a shortage of "high-quality donor material." And he adds that his sperm has fathered at least 100 children in at least 12 countries. Then we read of Chinese billionaires going outside of China, where domestic surrogacy is illegal, to quietly have large numbers of U.S.-born babies.
A Thanksgiving Reminder: Our Kids Still Have A Clear Path Forward
This Thanksgiving, parents across America have much to be thankful for — their children, their health, and the simple gift of gathering around the table with people they love. We’ll share food, laughter, and stories about how quickly the kids have grown. And yet, many parents will also feel a quiet, unspoken worry about the world their children are growing up in. Today’s kids face a culture that’s louder and more confusing than ever before.
Homecoming season: A celebration that’s spreading a silent epidemic
By , Op-ed contributor It’s homecoming season in America, but while students are celebrating, a silent and unseen epidemic is spreading among them. For many, homecoming is innocent fun. It is a time to reconnect with old friends, dress up, and celebrate a sense of belonging. But for some, it carries an unspoken pressure: that this night marks a “coming of age,” a passage into sexual freedom. This assumption is not only false but dangerous. Sexual activity is a beautiful thing.
Homecoming season: A celebration that’s spreading a silent epidemic - Crossmap News
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These 5 powerful groups are trying to end sex ed in schools, and they're winning
This article is part history lesson, part time machine extravaganza. Yes, we are traveling back to a time when the idea of insisting sexual abstinence in high school sex education curriculum was a new and novel idea. For three (going on four) decades, the conservative right has been working to undermine efforts to ensure sex ed is medically accurate, LGBTQ affirming and consent-focused.
Fertility Rates, Delayed Marriage, and Infertility
American women—and women around the world—are having fewer babies than they did a generation or two ago. No one who has looked at the data questions that. Why this is happening—and what the consequences are likely to be—is in greater dispute. Social, biological, and other factors may all play a role and even interact with each other. In the social realm, some people celebrate the change as reflecting the empowerment of women.
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