These worries are not necessarily new. In 2023, a Pew Research Center surveyfound that 47% of 18- to 49-year-old US adults say they are unlikely to ever have kids – a steep jump from 2018, when 37% said the same. Of the people who are unlikely to have kids, 38% said "concerns about the state of the world" were a major part of their decision-making. Roughly a quarter pointed to fears about the environment....
Monday, December 2, 2024
Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return
"We have two children and I have desperately wanted a third – but now I am fearful of being able to get adequate care if I get pregnant," wrote another woman who lives in Louisiana. "I can't risk leaving my two children behind if [I] die because I can't get adequate care here. It feels like a dystopian novel, and yet here we are."
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