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BirthStrikers: meet the women who refuse to have children until climate change ends

10 mins | Mar 27, 2019
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“I realised that even though I wanted to have a family at that point, I couldn’t really bring myself to do it.” With Armageddon looming, and not Brexit, there is a movement of women who have decided not to procreate until climate change ends. Will their protest be a catalyst for change? Elle Hunt investigates for the Guardian.

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