The best argument for large families
SIR – It is always encouraging to see Colin Brazier waxing lyrical and logical in defence of larger families (Cover story, August 16).
In speculating that above-average fecundity may soon be stigmatised and penalised for “environmental reasons”, he suggests employing sound arguments to justify our position and counter the attack. But he must surely be aware that “over-population” rhetoric and hostile anti-natalist propaganda in media and medical circles have been endemic in Britain for at least 60 years, as any grand-multiparous mother alive today can testify. Against such entrenched prejudice even the most golden-tongued and enlightened arguments cannot hope to cut any ice.
