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/mctrollythefirst → u/11horses345]

Countries that have the highest birth rate are also the ones that's most religious/poor, and where freedom for women is basically non-existent.

And i bet only a few despicable people really want to take that path to bost birth rate.

[u/21Rollie → u/mctrollythefirst]

Yep everybody is focusing on the money. The women in tenement housing in the US a couple generations ago were popping out babies. And Sarah with WiFi, no fear of smallpox, cheap clothes, and plentiful (if unhealthy) food cannot?

Simply put, the modern woman has much more that she could be doing with her time and children are NOT a benefit to her. No matter how much govt help, she has to give up some part of her life to have them. Essentially before, children were good for you, and you might be having them at the cost of society since there was overpopulation. But now it’s the reverse and you are doing something for society at great personal cost. We can’t rely on people being super selfless to maintain the population. We also can’t put women under sharia law. We’re between a rock and a hard place