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In 2018, the birth rate in the Unit­ed States reached its low­est lev­el in decades. This alarmed the patri­ar­chal class that wants to con­trol women’s bod­ies. Repro­duc­tive rights and access to abor­tion are under sus­tained polit­i­cal attack. Roe v. Wade is under threat. What role does misog­y­ny play in gen­der rela­tions? Fem­i­nist activists assert that declin­ing birth rates rep­re­sent a work slow­down, or strike, in the face of the poor con­di­tions for those who do the work of bear­ing and rais­ing chil­dren and the accom­pa­ny­ing finan­cial stress. The U.S. econ­o­my relies on the unpaid labor of mil­lions of often over­worked and exhaust­ed women. What hap­pens when they orga­nize and say, No More”? Unpaid work, par­tic­u­lar­ly bear­ing and rear­ing chil­dren must be paid for. Jen­ny Brown says, When it comes to com­pen­sat­ing for the labor of hav­ing kids, the U.S. is tru­ly at the bottom.”

Record­ed at the Uni­ver­si­ty of California.