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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Hannah Devlin

Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

a family taking a photo
Malcolm and Simone Collins with their children, Octavian George, Torsten Savage and Titan Invictus, in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, in April 2024. Photograph: Bryan Anselm/The Guardian

When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state legislature, and her husband, Malcolm, were privately asked last year about their ideas for the model “pronatalist” city-state, they sensed an opportunity.

With their own YouTube channel, online education platform and foundation, the couple are among the most high-profile and outspoken proponents of the pronatalist cause, which is centered on the belief that the developed world is facing a demographic collapse and that birthrates must rise to stave off disaster.

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