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(LifeSiteNews) — The former President of Hungary has launched a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the world’s collapsing birth rates. 

Katalin Novak, former President of Hungary, and Stephen Shaw, data scientist and filmmaker, have founded a new non-profit titled “X·Y Worldwide” to promote motherhood and to combat the ever-plummeting birth rates worldwide.  

“Not only is missing out on having children a personal tragedy for many, but it is also a travesty for our communities, our schools and colleges, our healthcare and pension systems, and, soon, for the core sustainability of our nations,” the website warns. 

“We believe that raising awareness will empower younger people to make fully informed decisions about when the right time is to start a family, should they wish to have one,” it continued. “In this way, we aim to enhance lives, reduce loneliness, stabilize communities, and ultimately save our nations.”  

The website relayed that the global birth rate has dropped about 10% since its peak in 2013, adding that “three-quarters of the global population live in nations with unsustainable birth rates—below the level needed to maintain their populations.”  

The organization explains that while family sizes have remained relatively similar to recent decades, sitting at around 2.5 children per family, a spike in childlessness has led to a plummeting birth rate.   

“In a series of abrupt transformations, which happened at different times in different nations, childlessness levels rose from less than 10% to 30% or more,” it stated. “In several countries, this figure has reached 40%, and in South Korea, it exceeds 50%.”  

While the rates of childlessness are rising, surveys have revealed that 90% of women under 35 either already have children or plan to do so. However, the organization pointed out that trends of beginning a family later in life have led many women to be unable to have children, a phenomenon they call “Unplanned Childlessness.” 

“The rise in Unplanned Childlessness across the industrialized world and beyond is closely linked to delayed parenthood,” the website explained. 

“As the societal norm shifts toward having children later and later, fewer women find themselves able to have the families they hope for,” it continued. “One overlooked fact is that women turning 30 without a child have, at most, a 50/50 chance of ever becoming a mother.”  

As a result, the organization dedicated itself to bringing awareness “through youth and media education programs, as well as offering policy advice to local and national governments.” 

It is unclear if the initiative will push the embryo-destroying practice of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which is often promoted as a solution to infertility. While IVF may appear to be pro-family because it can end with a baby, it also separates sex from procreation and leads to the death of millions of human embryonic children. 

In fact, Bishop Joseph Strickland recently explained why the Catholic Church condemns the practice, citing three reasons:  

1) It separates procreation from the conjugal act, which undermines the sanctity and purpose of sexual relations.  

2) It stores human embryos in freezers, which is an affront to human dignity.   

3) It typically involves discarding ‘leftover’ embryos, which is direct murder.

LifeSiteNews has contacted the organization for clarification but has not received a response by time of publication. 

In recent years, Hungary has passed a number of laws to encourage families to welcome children into the world. However, unfortunately, many of these policies include funding for IVF treatments, which ultimately lead to thousands of babies being killed.  

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