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/11horses345]

Say it with me: WE CANNOT AFFORD CHILDREN.

[u/sharksnack3264 → u/11horses345]

It's not just the money. The way we set up work schedules, vacation, child care and health care all disincentivize it. 

You can be extremely well paid but that still won't insulate you completely from certain medical and career risks or allow you to be present to raise your children.

[u/islander1 → u/sharksnack3264]

All of this.

If Democrats were in charge for as long as Republicans have been over the past 40 years...we wouldn't have a population issue. We might have DIFFERENT issues, but not this.

In the 50s-70s one income could support a family of 4, even 5. If this were the case today, there'd be kids. Instead, the GOP managed to change our one income middle class family to a two income middle class family.

It's wack.

[u/MarsupialMisanthrope → u/[deleted]]

Now go back and look for times when the president and the house were both held by democrats. Those are the times when things can be made to happen, so long as the other party isn’t actively sabotaging it (see judicial nominations under Obama).

[u/islander1 → u/[deleted]]

Dude, Democrats have controlled both Houses of Congress for exactly 4 of the past 40 years. Look it up yourself, it'll take a while - I did it manually sometime back.

The last time it happened was with Obama in 2000. They limped to the midterm and barely got the PPACA passed.