Mother's Day is here again. But U.S. birth rates are falling, reflecting a cultural shift where motherhood is undervalued and ...

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.

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

Title X funding appears to be shifting away from contraception. Experts say that's unlikely to change fertility rates.

The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. birth rate plunged to an all-time low in 2024 after being on a downward trajectory for roughly 20 years, with soaring ...

*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 ...

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

Discover the stark differences in birth rates among Indiana counties, the impact of the aging population, and the initiatives ...