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You Can Be Your Career-Obsessed Friends’ On-Ramp To Motherhood

Historically low birth rates signify not just fewer babies but less happiness.

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Births in the United States dropped to a new record low last year, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this month. While population researchers tout the “policy success” of reducing teen pregnancies, the more important numbers concern births among the 20-and-up crowd.

The only group to see a birth rate increase was 30- to 44-year-olds, in many cases with the assistance of ethically fraught artificial reproductive technology. Meanwhile, women in their peak fertility window birthed fewer children: In just one year, the birth rate for 20- to 24-year-olds dropped 6 percent and for 25- to 29-year-olds dropped 4 percent.

Researchers say the data indicates more ladies are delaying motherhood until they feel “financially stable,” have finished earning their desired degrees, have achieved career success, or have gotten hitched — which is also happening later in life for many of the same reasons.

A study last month from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta presented similar findings, showing that this Gen Z, 20-something cohort is “dramatically less likely” to have and want children than older generations. The authors identify several relevant factors contributing to this problem, including “increased labor market opportunities and agency among women” and “changing priorities.”

In other words, women are more concerned with careers than kids. An NPR write-up about the latest CDC numbers, for instance, cites three women in their late 30s and early 40s who prioritized “building careers and stable lives before becoming mothers.” One recounted how she froze her eggs to get “a little further along professionally.”

There’s got to be more at play, however, than women simply loving their careers and relishing their........

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