so the birth rate isn't going to accelerate

Any already-existing pregnancies will (I assume) be carried to birth, so the birth rate certainly isn't likely to decelerate for at least 9 months or so. There may be some acceleration in the birth rate if the miracle affects those not yet born -- no miscarriages, no stillbirths, no abortion. Deceleration might begin in a year or so, but people aren't necessarily going to be sensible enough to take steps to avoid pregancny. (Why does the Population Explosion never end? Because it's so much fun to set the fuse....)

Oh, that brings up the horrible thought that miscarriages wouldn't stop happening, they just wouldn't be fatal to the fetuses anymore ...

yep. we will see how this is all handled.

Okay, I realize I am bringing the bleak tonight, and it's all probably pretty much hangover from missing Ianto. But I am really going to hate this premise the further it goes, aren't I? I mean, I'm a death is your gift believer anyway. I know that death is a welcome relief from pain sometimes. I also know that pain is an important part of life sometimes. I think it could maybe be a fascinating topic, but if you start off by snipping the tendons off the mangled burnt remains of a person and then laugh at causing more of that infinite, irreconcilable pain, well, I might not think you're exploring that in a way I want to explore.

Also, I think that Jack being mortal, the first thing he'd want to do is commit suicide right away, so he didn't miss his chance. If he doesn't, I don't want to hear his bitching about his longevity ever again.

I mean, I think it could be an interesting story. Or, it could be that the entire universe just got reverse fridged to enhance Jack's unique manpain.

Non-spoilery interview with the creator of the Dothraki language. (As part of a bigger podcast.)

Also, I think that Jack being mortal, the first thing he'd want to do is commit suicide right away, so he didn't miss his chance. If he doesn't, I don't want to hear his bitching about his longevity ever again.

We don't know that he's mortal; just that he's not healing. Same as everyone else in the world. In which case, trying to commit suicide wouldn't work and would only bring him bucketloads of pain.

the first thing he'd want to do is commit suicide right away, so he didn't miss his chance

When's the last time he expressed a death wish? Being sad that you outlive everyone you love is not the same thing as wanting to end your existence. And he hasn't bitched about his longevity *that* much, has he? He seems to come back from the dead with quite the smirk, half the time.

Here's a good legal analysis of the issues in Torchwood - Law & the Multiverse

I just hold to the hope that being the producers are mostly British, that's just the way they think the law works in America.

Jack's had lots of time (being buried in a grave etc) to get over the whole "if only I could die" philosophy. He probably bounces around it every couple decades or so, then he meets a "Gwen" or a "Doctor" and gets a new infusion of the joy of life.

Torchwood: Gwen has been awesome this episode! I really wish there was more Gwen and Jack and less everyone else.