US Fertility Rate Has Plummeted To Lowest Point On Record, CDC Data Reveal.

) “Wonkblog” reports that because US women “who choose to reproduce keep delaying motherhood,” the “US fertility rate has plummeted to the lowest point on record,” data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics reveal. Widely available contraception is only one factor driving these data. Fewer women are choosing to have children at all, with some fearing “they can’t afford a baby, researchers say.” Instead, many women are “working toward stability, an uphill battle for many with student debt or bleak job prospects.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/16/why-american-women-are-having-fewer-babies-than-ever/