It’s Time We Adapt to Low Fertility Rates
After years of grinding lower, a widely watched measure of fertility in a country battling significant demographic headwinds ...
We’ll Keep Having Fewer Babies. Time to Accept That
After years of grinding lower, a widely watched measure of fertility in a country battling significant demographic headwinds ...
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U.S. Fertility Is Declining Due to Delayed Marriage and Childbearing
The total fertility rate in the United States has been in decline since the start of the Great Recession. Since then, the total fertility rate has fallen far below the replacement level—the level of ...
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Fertility in the United States Is Below Replacement
For decades, the total fertility rate in the United States has been below the replacement fertility rate—the level of fertility necessary for the current generation to replace itself.
‘Marry or be fired’ and other global efforts to boost fertility
Around 2055, a first is expected to take place: “The world population will peak and then start declining and it’s likely to ...
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4 Lessons From the Women Defying the Birth Dearth
In a world where fertility rates are plummeting, these women are choosing large families — and their reasons go far beyond ...
IVF access won’t fix the declining birth rate
Over the past 15 years, the birth rate in the United States has dropped from 2.1 births per woman to 1.66, well below the birth rate needed to keep the population stable. This trend needs to be ...
States with abortion bans are seeing a rise in infant deaths | The Excerpt
Two new studies in the medical journal JAMA reveal how restricted access to abortion can lead to higher deaths, especially for women of color.
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Dharmendra Pradhan’s Hindi mandate undermines India’s emotional integrity
Tamil Nadu resists the Centre’s Hindi imposition in the form of the NEP’s three-language formula, fuelling a major federalism ...
Oh baby! Is LI fertile enough for more federal transportation dollars?
A recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expand access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, care across the ...
The Number of Babies Born in South Korea Last Year Rebounded for First Time in Nearly a Decade
The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years, welcome news for a country grappling ...
Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling
In addition to the struggle against Russia, Ukraine faces a more existential battle, its birth rate is plunging and people are leaving the embattled nation in droves.