Parenthood used to feel inevitable — Here is what changed
More couples want children than you think — but something is quietly talking them out of it. The word ‘parenthood’ used to carry a kind of inevitability. For most couples, the question was never really if — it was when. That quiet assumption has been slowly dissolving for years, and now it is evaporating fast. […]
Birth rate panic is fueling a dangerous federal gamble with women’s reproductive health
Birth rates in the United States declined again in 2025, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 3.6 million births, a one percent drop from the previous year. The fertility rate now stands at 53.1 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, down 23 percent since 2007. The Trump […]