Jonathan Sher

1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Jonathan Sher

The focus of my work, over more than half a century, has been on getting good things to happen and/or preventing harm from happening. It has been a mixed history that includes both successes and failures; victories and defeats. Upon reflection, two themes emerge. The first is my emphasis on children, parents and people of childbearing age. The second is that I have spent far less time and energy combatting “evil” than striving to overcome “The Three Is”: Ignorance, Indifference and Inertia.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Jonathan Sher

Hardly a day passes without anxiety-laden news stories about falling birth rates across the globe. These are routinely accompanied by dire warnings about the anticipated long-term economic and societal consequences of too few babies. The main worries are a depleted workforce, reduced consumer spending, inadequate care for the elderly and declining tax revenues. Even nations at odds with each other are united in decrying this current trend.

Mar 24, 2025 | progress.org.uk | Richard Stephens |Jonathan Sher

Hardly a day goes by now without anxiety-laden news about falling birthrates across the globe. These are routinely accompanied by dire warnings about the anticipated long-term economic and societal consequences of too few babies. The main worries are a depleted workforce, reduced consumer spending, inadequate care for the elderly and declining tax revenues. Even nations at odds with each other are united in decrying this current trend.

Mar 14, 2025 | healthandcare.scot | Jonathan Sher

While Scotland reports shrinking birth rates, Founding Partner of Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies Better Lives and former Deputy Director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland shares an ‘atypical’ view on the changes. Writing from his professional and personal experience, Dr Jonathan Sher says Scotland and the world must take a step back to consider the spectrum of choices and barriers facing those who want children by prioritising healthy, happy pregnancies.

Mar 21, 2024 | salisburypost.com | Jonathan Sher

Published 12:00 am Thursday, March 21, 2024 By Jonathan SherOn Feb. 22, the N.C. Supreme Court Justices allowed a “do over” hearing in the already decided — seemingly finally resolved — Leandro case.