Overview

• Elon Musk has fathered at least 14 children with four women, combining natural births and extensive use of IVF, often involving sex selection and multiple embryo transfers.
• Musk ties his children to his Mars-colonization ambitions, branding them as a 'legion' crucial to humanity's survival and space exploration goals.
• Critics challenge Musk's demographic rationale, citing UN projections of population stability and questioning his portrayal of declining birth rates as a crisis.
• Scholars warn that children from non-intact families, like Musk's, often face worse emotional and social outcomes despite financial advantages.
• Legal and online disputes with two mothers of his children, Grimes and Ashley St. Clair, alongside selective praise from conservative figures, highlight the polarizing nature of Musk's family-building approach.