{"id":307849,"date":"2024-02-29T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307849"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:33:34","slug":"billboard-spain-more-children-save-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/billboard-spain-more-children-save-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard campaign in Spain promotes having more children to &#8216;save the planet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn\u2019t seem that many voices in society are encouraging families to \u201chave more babies,\u201d but Spain is standing out as one of those voices. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/256898\/large-families-association-launch-save-the-planet-have-more-children-campaign\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catholic News Agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a campaign featuring a series of billboards and signs has been released in the Madrid community with the general message, \u201cSave the planet: have more children.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunidad.madrid\/servicios\/servicios-sociales\/familias-numerosas\">Large Families Association of Madrid<\/a> (LFAM) is behind the campaign, which features<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> eye-catching signs on subways and even bus stop waiting areas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/familia\/20240221\/salva-planeta-ten-hijos-ultima-campana-familias-numerosas-madrid-aupar-natalidad_176294.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">displaying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> three phrases that represent common reasons why people aren\u2019t having more or any children: \u201cKids? I have a dog,\u201d or, \u201cOne is enough,\u201d and, \u201cTwo, but not one more!\u201d The sign then asks, \u201cWhy not?\u201d followed by the opposite of the mainstream environmentalist message: \u201cSave the planet: have more children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Funitedfamiliesinternational%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0N9XPcmmaYevZv1C1TzGciHXr7pmqLEcNvPZmuHZ7L89YFH1B2GyCpZCAqNZufVRgl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign utilizes a QR code that encourages viewers to watch a creatively produce <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=11&amp;v=c1U7RrUkhW0&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/&amp;source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDI4NjY2&amp;feature=emb_logo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Large Families Association of Madrid explaining reasons why families should have more children. It also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elfac.org\/large-families-in-madrid-launch-the-campaign-save-the-planet-have-more-children\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addresses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the viral spread of neo-Malthusian philosophies that have led to the idea that population control is necessary to prevent a total collapse of society. This ideology has led to a decrease in financial aid to large families and the promotion of abortion all over the world, particularly in impoverished, developing nations. LFAM also point out that the widespread use of euphemisms like \u201creproductive health care\u201d have changed the public&#8217;s mindsets surrounding childbearing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BBC published an article in 2020 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-53409521\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this shift, at least in European countries. According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(20)30677-2\/fulltext\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> done by the Lancet, childbearing rates per woman have halved since 1950. About 4.7 children were being born per mother at that time, but the rates dropped to a mere 2.4 children per mother by 2017. Spain is predicted to have its population halved by the year 2100, as are other countries such as China, Japan, Italy, Thailand, Portugal, and South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Large Families Association aptly points out that saving a planet while ending human lives is not a solution: \u201c[Population control advocates] say that they have calculated how much each child pollutes&#8230; and they have forgotten that a world without pollution is not worth it if there are no people to enjoy it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/ARQQhk1\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t seem that many voices in society are encouraging families to \u201chave more babies,\u201d but Spain is standing out as one of those voices. 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