A cultural sickness is causing women to not have children.
The U.S. faces a crisis that has yet to make itself widely known: Women are having fewer and fewer children with each passing year. Whereas in 2007 the U.S. averaged 2.12 births per woman, that number has continuously fallen ever since, decreasing in 2023 to reach another record low of 1.62 births per woman. That’s well, well below replacement levels.
The fertility crisis has yet to make a significant impact on the U.S. economy, but according to a report released this week by Pew, we are beginning to see the first effects of the crisis on state budgets.
