Fewer children were born in the U.S. last year and teen birth rates hit an all-time low despite predictions that new abortion restrictions might cause a surge, preliminary federal data shows.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that 3,661,220 babies were born nationwide in 2022, according to an analysis of 99% of all birth certificates issued last year. That is less than a 1% decrease of about 3,000 from the 3,664,292 babies born in 2021.
The report did not explain why birth rates declined last year after rebounding in 2021. But it noted that while births to moms 35 and older last year rose to their highest rates since the 1960s, they were offset by record-low birth rates among moms in their teens and early 20s. “Birth rates often drop during economic recessions. The lockdowns have isolated teens from each other, but teen global fertility rates were plummeting before the COVID pandemic because teens have dropped face-to-face interactions for the loneliness and isolation of the digital revolution,” Katy Talento, a former top health adviser at the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Donald Trump, told The Washington Times.
The U.S. requires a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman for each generation to have enough children to replace itself. The rate has been consistently below that number since 2007. The CDC said the fertility rate dropped to 1.6 in 2020 — the lowest on record — before rising to 1.7 in 2021 and staying there last year.
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