Actual op-ed headline from NBC News.

Science proves kids are bad for Earth.

Morality suggests we stop having them.

The author is Travis Reader says having kids is a big contributor to climate change.

Having a child, he says,

imposes high emissions on the world while the parents get the benefit.

So like with any high-cost luxury, we should limit our indulgence.

He says it's only logical for everyone on Earth to consider having fewer children.

A view that's spreading in the academic community.

Now this clown isn't some underperforming salesman at Planned Parenthood.

He holds a PhD.

He is the director of the Bioethics degree program at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Reader explains that if having one fewer kid can reduce your contribution to the harm from

climate change, then you are making a morally relevant choice.

He doesn't think we should shame parents,

but since we face the very real prospect of catastrophic climate change,

difficult and even uncomfortable conversations are important.

Dr. Reader, here's another difficult conversation.

If science supposedly proves that kids are bad for the Earth,

but the same token science must also prove that adults,

like you, are even worse.

So if you're really serious about saving the Earth,

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