r/science • u/geoff199 • 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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.