The birth rate across the U.S. fell to its lowest point in 35 years last year, and experts think that the coronavirus pandemic may cause it to fall even more. What, people don’t want to bring a child into a world on the brink of economic collapse in a country governed by a pickled ham? You don’t say.
based on a review of more than 99 percent of birth certificates issued last year.
“This unpredictable environment, and anxiety about the future, is going to make women think twice about having children,”No shit! Turns out, women aren’t super into the idea of having kids they’d have to struggle to afford: The economy is a factor, but not because of short-term cycles in hiring. Many jobs are low-paying and unstable, and that coupled with high rents and other factors have caused women and couples to be much more cautious about having kids, said Dr. John Santelli, a Columbia University professor of population and family health.Darkly, scientists are divided on whether or not the trend will continue as coronavirus stretches on.
because everyone is going to be happily copulating in their quarantine nests, but because access to birth control and abortion has become more difficult. Mostly, however, the debate isn’t whether birth rates will go down—it’s whether they’ll ever go back up again.
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