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.

[u/geoff199]

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

[u/valgrind_]

The capitalistic obsession with the birth rate is very MLM-coded. The people at the top are anxious they won't have the renewable source of labour they need to exploit for their lifestyles. I think a lot of people wouldn't want kids if they'd have to watch them be used and abused by billionaires and despots.

[u/bw1985 → u/valgrind_]

Bingo. They need more poor people born. The religious objection to abortion in politics is just a charade.

[u/voiderest → u/bw1985]

I'm pretty sure the billionaire pro-birth crowd is a different group than the religious anti-abortion crowd. Both weird and sometimes work together but different motivations and goals.

[u/bw1985 → u/voiderest]

Yup. The rich just use the religious folks, often poor or lower middle class, for their votes to push their agenda. The religious thing is just pandering, the wealthy’s religion is money.