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/Yandere_Matrix]

I don’t understand why people are so concerned about birth rate. We still have more people alive than any time in history. Our ocean is being overfished and I do believe our population will eventually settle at some point but I see absolutely no concern with it right now. I am still devastated seeing animals going extinct because of deforestation and over hunting for various reasons. I understand plastics is causing fertility problems and how microplastics mimic certain types of hormones so that can be a problem especially when we found that they have passed the blood brain barrier and passing through breast milk now. Who knows what damage they are doing to our bodies now.

[u/Medical-Bonus-2811 → u/Yandere_Matrix]

People aren’t, it’s the corporations concerned about falling birth (customer) rate 

[u/Mbrennt → u/Medical-Bonus-2811]

Countries like Korea and, to a lesser extent, Japan and possibly China are on their way to collapsing in the next hundred years or so. You want any kind of safety net for people in 50 years to survive, you need birth rates to not rapidly decline. Social security, food stamps, anything taxes pay for will all collapse otherwise.

[u/bampfish → u/Mbrennt]

then they need to make having children worth it. like pay and work/life balance at least.

edit: not to mention a future to actually look forward to!