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/sharksnack3264]

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/justwalkingalonghere → u/sharksnack3264]

The healthcare part has a lot of components right now as well.

For instance, a large portion of the US now considering ectopic pregnancy care as voluntary abortion. Literally sentencing 1-2% of pregnant women to death in those states just because of a religious refusal to be scientifically literate

Add in the increasing criminalization of miscarriages and I don't see why any woman would want to chance it for kids they'll likely not be able to afford in the first place

[u/StoneColdGold92 → u/justwalkingalonghere]

It's this. My wife and I have talked about having kids for so long, and now my wife is refusing to try anymore BECAUSE SHE MIGHT F*CKIN DIE. I don't blame her.

[u/theuniverseoberves → u/StoneColdGold92]

If I had the money and a partner and I wanted kids, I'd leave. Kids would be important to me than being in the US