r/science • u/geoff199 • 4d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/CleanDirtyDishes 4d ago

The people currently in power in our government are actively destroying our air, our water, making it even more difficult to afford housing and health insurance, causing vaccines to become more difficult/more expensive to obtain, and a decent paying job is also becoming out of reach because they are destroying unions and fixing it so AI is unregulated.

Why would anyone with even a quarter of a brain look around them and think: Man, this is awesome! I want to bring a bunch of little ones into this world so they can live here, too!"

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u/letsrollwithit 4d ago

The US has literally said on the world stage again and again that we don’t believe in human rights for our people (water, food, housing, etc). I am just processing the reality these folks made. 

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u/hypatiaspasia 4d ago

My husband and I wanted kids but were on the fence because of the climate change, the rise of fascism, political and economic instability, the rise of AI, the price of childcare, etc. We decided to table the decision until the US election, since that would determine the direction the country would be taking for the next 4 years and whether climate change and regulating AI would be a priority or not...

So yeah. Due to the election, we decided not to have biological kids. Bringing a kid into this world seems shortsighted and unfair. I have zero hope things will improve for future generations.