EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 26 MIN
The Case for Pronatalism with Simone and Malcolm Collins
from Body & State · host Sarah Varney
In this episode of Body & State, Sarah visits Simone and Malcolm Collins at their home in Pennsylvania. The Collinses are part of a movement known as pronatalism that wants to encourage people to have more children to help stem population declines. Several trends are driving down the birth rate: women have increased access to contraceptives like IUDs; far fewer teenagers are having babies; and more women are having children in their late 20s and 30s. In later episodes, you’ll hear from demographers who say lower birth rates are not an apocalyptic threat. Watch our PBS NewsHour segment about the pronatalism movement and its ties to anti-abortion activism https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-inside-the-pronatalism-movement-encouraging-americans-to-have-more-children Simone and Malcolm Collins podcast “Based Camp” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins/id1686813618
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In this episode of Body & State, Sarah visits Simone and Malcolm Collins at their home in Pennsylvania. The Collinses are part of a movement known as pronatalism that wants to encourage people to have more children to help stem population declines. Several trends are driving down the birth rate: women have increased access to contraceptives like IUDs; far fewer teenagers are having babies; and more women are having children in their late 20s and 30s. In later episodes, you’ll hear from demographers who say lower birth rates are not an apocalyptic threat.
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