Letter: What I think figures like Vance are really getting at with birth rate rhetoric

Letter: What I think figures like Vance are really getting at with birth rate rhetoric

To the editor: Vice President JD Vance is very concerned about the declining birth rate in our country — so concerned, in fact, that he is floating various ideas to increase the number of babies produced in the U.S.

Birth rates are close to a historic low: See charts

The fertility rate in the U.S. was on a constant decline between 2014 and 2020 and has fluctuated since then, CDC reports.

Baby bonus: Can Trump boost the birth rate?

President Trump wants Americans to have more babies—and he's willing to pay them to reproduce, said Michelle Goldberg in The New York Times. With Vice President JD Vance and other social conservatives leading the pro-natalist charge, the administration is considering several policies designed to raise the fertility rate, including giving women a $5,000 bonus for every birth, providing financial aid for IVF treatments, and reserving 30 percent of…

TURIN – In 2024, Italy reached a new all-time low in terms of births. According to official data, only 370,000 new births were recorded, marking a 2.6% drop compared to 2023. This figure brings the national fertility rate to 1.18 children per woman, the lowest value ever recorded in the history of the Republic, even worse than the negative record of 1995. If the national situation appears alarming, that of Piedmont is even worse. In fact, the re…

2 Ways the Trump Administration Can Boost the Birth Rate - The Iowa Standard

By S.A. McCarthy The Washington Stand The U.S. birth rate has been declining for nearly two decades and currently stands well below replacement level, but President Donald Trump is reportedly endeavoring to address this issue. Various ideas fielded by the Trump administration have included reserving a substantial portion of government-funded scholarships for married men and women, funding education programs centered on the relationship between a…