The falling birth rate is a huge issue of our time. What's the most effective way to tackle it? The Economist's answer in a Toolkit

Italy has the oldest mothers in Europe. More than 8 out of every 100 babies have mothers over40. But why don't people have children earlier?

When are you going to have kids? Not everyone who doesn't have children is doing so by choice; one in six struggle with infertility

The fertility gap it’s the difference between the amount children we would like to have and the children we actually have.

Jessica Hepburn has come to represent the people who haven't and won't be able to conceive, even with all the medical aid available

On the surface, The Handmaid’s Tale appears to be a rallying cry against surrogacy. Yet Moira had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement.

Tv series Sex Education and Dead To Me feature the plot point of a mature woman becoming pregnant by accident. But, is this even possible?

Can it be said that between 13 and 51 year old the fertility window for women is open? No: one does not remain fertile until her last period