Some people in the UK feel their lives have been ruined because assisted conception services have been shut down.

While I can appreciate the disappointment of those who wish to have children, I say we must not cater to it, because far worse things than being childless are coming. Having children nowadays (with or without medical assistance) places a large burden on the future. It reduces civilization's chances of survival, even as it adds more one person to suffer in civilization's coming crisis.

Rather than spending public money to help people make a child, we should tell them to consider adopting a child — to satisfy their yearning in a way that helps future humanity rather than burdening it.