U.S. Birth Rate Hits New Low as Officials and Analysts Warn of ‘Existential’ Fertility Crisis
- The U.S. birth rate dropped to a record low of 53.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 in 2025, down from 53.8 in 2024, according to National Center for Health Statistics data.
- Federal officials, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., warn the declining birth rate poses an existential crisis threatening the economy and national security.
- Analysts attribute the fertility decline to factors such as falling marriage rates, high child-rearing costs, infertility, and cultural changes including increased screen time and the impact of smartphones and reproductive technology.
- The Trump administration announced initiatives such as expanding fertility benefits, launching Moms.gov, and funding infertility services to support families and address the fertility crisis.
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Declining Marriage, Not Teen Births, Explains America’s Falling Fertility: What the Latest Data Show
Birth rates in the U.S. continue to fall according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in April 2026.[REF] The country’s birth rates have been declining steadily for more than a decade, and the total fertility rate (the number of births a woman is projected to have over her lifetime) continues to hit new lows. Births in the U.S. are well below the replacement rate—the number of children born per woman that …
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U.S. Birth Rate Hits New Low as Officials and Analysts Warn of ‘Existential’ Fertility Crisis
Analysts say falling marriage rates, rising family costs, infertility challenges and cultural shifts are contributing to America’s declining birth rate. The post U.S. Birth Rate Hits New Low as Officials and Analysts Warn of ‘Existential’ Fertility Crisis first appeared on [your]NEWS.
America facing ‘existential crisis’ as fertility rate continues to plunge * WorldNetDaily * by Ireland Owens, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link The U.S. is currently facing a continuously worsening fertility crisis, according to analysts. While the nation’s fertility rate has been declining for decades, it dropped to a new record low in 2025. Experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that deregulation, improving fertility care and bringing down costs related to raising children could
U.S. Facing ‘Existential Crisis’ as Fertility Rate Continues to Decline
The U.S. is currently facing a continuously worsening fertility crisis, according to analysts. While the nation’s fertility rate has been declining for decades, it dropped to a new record low in 2025. Experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that deregulation, improving fertility care and bringing down costs related to raising children could help boost the declining birth rate.
America facing 'existential crisis' as fertility rate continues to plunge * WorldNetDaily * by Ireland Owens, Daily Caller News Foundation
Since the introduction of the iPhone, every country has seen a marked decline in births that doesn't look like it is reversing any time soon, including the U.S.'
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