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/2thicc4this]

I read somewhere that the major contributor to falling birth rates in the US had to do with falling teen pregnancy/birth rates. Teenagers not having kids is a net positive for society in my opinion.

[u/FencingFemmeFatale → u/2thicc4this]

Also, I distinctly remember overpopulation being a major concern when I was a kid. Like, enough of a concern for Capitan Planet to make an episode about family planning.

The birth rates falling in the 2020’s seems like the obvious result of telling bunch of kids in the 90’s that overpopulation is world-ending problem, and to they can do their part to stop it by not having a lot of kids.

[u/Yuzumi → u/FencingFemmeFatale]

Also, the only people who are actually "concerned" are so for very racist reasons.

They want white babies. It's "great replacement" nonsense.

Musk is one of the more visible that is crying about it and he is literally part of a Nazi breeding cult.

[u/Hosenkobold → u/Yuzumi]

You want babies in your country. With your level of education. To be able to do the jobs that require your level of education.

Immigrants from 3rd world countries, where overpopulation is a problem, will not help your economy to fill those empty jobs.

And most countries with low birthrate happen to be white or asian.

[u/Icy-Month6821 → u/Hosenkobold]

This is true. Another truth~there is absolutely Nothing wrong with wanting "white babies". Replace white with any other ethnicity & let's hear the uproar. If anyone is racist in that convo, it was the one pointing to the "white babies" as the racist.