The influencers who want America to procreate faster – and believe the White House is on their side

Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap. It is 8.30am and she looks a little tired – she runs several businesses, a foundation and is currently pregnant with her fifth child, though she and her husband Malcolm plan to have more.
“At least seven,” she declares, “and as many as I can physically carry – 12 would be even more brilliant.”
The US couple, aged 37 and 38, ardently believe that the world needs to have more babies or risk civilisational collapse. They have become the poster children for pronatalism, a movement that believes falling birth rates are a big problem for society. And that big families are the answer.
For the last five years, they have spread the word about their goal by opening up their home for interviews and photoshoots. They claim to have used special technology, during the IVF process, to screen their embryos for traits such as intelligence.
“The studies let us know what our genetic predilection for IQ is,” they told an undercover reporter in 2023. “We will never choose a child who is less privileged in IQ than either of us.”

Courtesy: BBC