Over 400,000 children are in the US foster care system on any given night, and more than 100,000 of them are waiting to be adopted. Every single 'be fruitful' lecture delivered in a comfortable suburb happens within driving distance of kids sleeping in group homes. So here's my test for the pro-natalist scolds: show me your adoption papers, or admit that your concern for 'the children' is really a concern for your own lineage. Wanting a miniature version of yourself is the most obviously self-interested motive in this entire debate, and it's the one motive nobody ever calls selfish.
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