Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom

[applegrove]

Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom

Ivana Saric

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/25/us-births-drop-2023

"SNIP...........

The total number of U.S. births dropped in 2023, bringing an end to a mini-baby boom that began in the pandemic.

Why it matters: The drop in births helped plunge the U.S. fertility rate to its lowest point in nearly a century.

The big picture: Nearly 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, a 2% drop from 2022, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection released Thursday.

* The U.S. fertility rate in 2023 amounted to about 1.62 births per woman — well below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 that would allow a generation to completely replace itself.

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Applegrove:

Now what happened between 2021 and 2023? Hmmmmmm. I just can't think. Oh I know...... the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.

[pfitz59]

1. Good

we can't even house the population we already have (we could, but there is no political will).

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Women in red states especially are afraid they'll be denied life-saving care

if something goes wrong with their pregnancy. And who can blame them?

[Johonny]

3. Well, booming inflation

The cost of having a baby is higher than ever. If you have 1 or 2 already . . . Economics generally favors smaller families.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Low fertility, no immigration, equals a dwindling population.

This is why the GOP wants forced births.

They cannot lose their labor market.