According to new CDC data, there were 3.6 million U.S. births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024 and down 23% since 2007. The Trump administration has said it wants to reverse this trend.

The teen birth rate continues its decades-long downward trend. Researchers say many factors are at play, including less sexual activity and more access to contraception and abortion.

Americans are having fewer babies than they used to. This fact, along with the decline in immigration, means big changes for families and society.

The CDC also tracks maternal and infant health characteristics, and found that the rate of C-section deliveries is the highest it’s been since 2013, continuing to increase as it has nearly every year ...

Both narratives — that teen birth rates are too high or too low — problematize teen pregnancy and childbearing,” writes Riley ...

The U.S. general fertility rate fell by 1 percent in 2025, reaching a new record low for another consecutive year according to latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Washington Examiner healthcare reporter Gabrielle Etzel said the U.S. birth rate has been sliding for decades as fertility ...

People considering having children told Seven Days they think hard about financial implications — and the state of the world.

*The CDC has released new data showing a continued drop in birth rates among Black women in the U.S. According to provisional data, the Black birth rate declined by 4% in 2024 alone. That puts it in ...

There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.

There’s a very specific type of exhaustion that comes from dealing with low-effort men, and it’s not dramatic. It’s not loud.

EADaily, May 2nd, 2026. The drop in the birth rate is the best news in recent times. Former British Prime Minister Boris ...