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I didn't specifically mention government when I was referring to overreach. But in some cases there is government overreach involved regarding family planning. At least in the USA, trust is very low regarding this atm

There's a difference between government disinterestedly researching social trends and having (particularly right wing) news media shoveling out these alarmist articles that do a lot of stereotyping

The tone of this article, coupled with recent political changes regarding family planning, reeks of overreach into people's private lives

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First off, the WSJ is leftist, not right wing.

The very mention of "climate change" as being a factor for reducing offspring and second guessing kids is certainly not a right wing idea.

Secondly, anything from mainstream media outlets projects an alarmist tone. They operate on the basic impulse of fear.

While I'd rather not have the state involved in any sort of family planning, the topic is interesting to delve in.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has owned the WSJ for more than a decade now .. the family will be tickled to hear you describe them as leftist.

    Overall, we rate the Wall Street Journal Right-Center biased due to low-biased news reporting combined with a strong right-biased editorial stance. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to anti-climate, anti-science views, and occasional misleading editorials.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/

Plenty of (US) right wing media sources accept climate change during the day and rubbish it after dark during peak red in the face angry host times.

> The very mention of "climate change" as being a factor for reducing offspring and second guessing kids is certainly not a right wing idea.

I mean, they aren't saying that idea because they agree with it. They could be saying it to paint a negative caricature

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