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‘Childless cat ladies’ fight a tide of pronatalism

If Donald Trump dumps Mr J.D. Vance – and with all the gracelessness of a mafia don – it won’t be surprising. Trump’s hasty pick for a running mate has been attracting too much of the wrong kind of attention.

If Donald Trump dumps Mr J.D. Vance – and with all the gracelessness of a mafia don – it won’t be surprising. Trump’s hasty pick for a running mate has been attracting too much of the wrong kind of attention. Mr Vance’s now has out-nastied and overshadowed Trump’s own fumbling response to Ms Harris’ candidacy. It has also exposed something deeper: a growing pronatalist movement amid concerns about falling birth rates, which is becoming a feature in both Europe and America.