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The government wants you to have more children. As the U.S. fertility rate continues to decline, President Donald Trump’s administration is considering ways to encourage people to have more children.

The U.S. fertility rate reached an all-time low in 2024, according to the CDC. This trend has sparked fear among many on the right, from Elon Musk to Donald Trump, who believe Americans should have ...

The baby shortage is becoming one of the most talked-about things happening right now, and it’s not just about people wanting smaller families or waiting a bit longer to have kids. Birth rates across ...

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Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time and the numbers for having another child just don’t add up.

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Skyrocketing housing costs may be swaying Americans from having children, contributing to plunging birth rates in the country, data suggests. According to the latest birth data released by the U.S.

Governments around the world are exploring ways to encourage people to have more children and reverse the decades-long decline in birth rates. A concern with fewer babies being born, especially in ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...