Giving women equal rights is a critical step in avoiding societal collapse.
The main drivers of societal collapse are overpopulation and overconsumption by the wealthy, researchers from Stanford University have discovered.
The best chance of curbing these trends involves reducing birth rates by giving women full rights, as women with full rights—alongside access to contraception and abortion—have fewer children.
Biologists hope these findings will have an impact on the current debate around gender equality and legalised abortion.
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