The ministers called for more government support for people wanting to have children. The falling birth rate and economic crisis make it crucial for governments to support families who desire more children, the Council of Europe said Tuesday. “The decision to have children is first and foremost an individual choice, but … it must be a real choice,” deputy secretary-general Maud de... 

The San Jose Mercury News reports: “In this predominantly white enclave of San Francisco that some locals quip should be dubbed, ‘Strollerville,’ parents walk past upscale shops with infants snuggled in the fashionable Swedish chest carriers. Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife are hardly the only pregnant couple in a city suddenly threatening to belie that staple of Bay Area cocktail party statistics:...