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Bioethicist: The climate crisis calls for fewer children

  • Written by Travis N. Rieder, Research Scholar at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
imageShould a future parent consider the impact more people will have on the Earth? child via www.shutterstock.com

Earlier this summer, I found myself in the middle of a lively debate because of my work on climate change and the ethics of having children.

NPR correspondent Jennifer Ludden profiled some of my work in procreative ethics with an article...

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