To Have or Not Have Children
A new book earnestly wrestles with what it means to bring a person into the world.
Latest
Illustration by The Atlantic Why Are Women Freezing Their Eggs? Look to the Men.
A new book explores the “mating gap” and why women are struggling to find a male co-parent.
Illustration by Katie Martin The Real Reason South Koreans Aren’t Having Babies
Gender, rather than race or age or immigration status, has become the country’s sharpest social fault line.
Photograph by Dion Bierdrager for The Atlantic The Sexual-Health Supply Chain Is Broken
Condoms, birth control, and other items are harder to get in the developing world because of the pandemic. That is putting lives at risk.
Getty / The Atlantic The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts
The country’s governing party, which just won another election, has married right-wing social policy with left-wing economic policy.
Czarek Sokolowski / AP In Lebanon, a Tangle of Religious Laws Govern Life and Love
The Ottoman-era personal status laws apply differently to each of 15 religion-based groups, effectively outlaw secular marriage or divorce, and codify discrimination against women
