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Craig Stanbury

Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself five big ethical questions

There are now more than eight billion people in the world. Photo: Getty

Do you want to have a baby? But, on a planet rocked by the climate crisis, ecosystem collapse, famine and poverty, is having one just adding to the problem – and therefore unethical?

I am a PhD candidate at Monash Bioethics Centre, and I research the ethics of procreation in a time of climate change.

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