Japan's Health Minister Draws Criticism

Japan's health minister described women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech on the falling birthrate, drawing criticism despite an immediate apology.

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The UK population will rise by a quarter to 77 million in 2060, the European Commission said in a study of EU states population trends.

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A Dying Breed? As the birthrate in European countries drops well below the "replacement rate" — that is, an average of 2.1 children born to every woman — the declining population will first be felt in the playgrounds.

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More than half of Korean women of child-bearing age would prefer a daughter to a son, a survey has revealed. Infant product maker Agabang polled 2,642 women on the Internet from Jan. 1 to Jan.

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Falling Birthrate? No big deal. Why birth subsidies are a stupid idea.

(Originally published at Trans-Pacific Radio.)

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THE Government's $4000 maternity payment has helped to accelerate the nation's birthrate with more than 10,000 extra babies born in the past year.

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Sissi Closs was interviewing a potential employee for her IT company when she learned that the pregnant woman had effectively been shuffled aside because she would be having a child.

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Even today in the modern, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a boy rather than a girl.

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Colombia plans teenage condom law

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