We Can’t Blame America’s Population Decline On Women Having Fewer Children—The Real Issue Is Childlessness
Between teenagers and young adults chemically castrating themselves to affirm the belief that they were born in the wrong body, and pink-hat-wearing protesters shouting their abortion stories, you’d understandably conclude that America’s population decline is inevitable. Though these cases are thankfully fewer than outrage culture may make us believe, we do have a population problem. But the root cause isn’t quite what you’d think.
Women have more fertility-related complications than ever before in history with upwards of 12% of women suffering from PCOS, around 10% affected by endometriosis, and an ever-growing population of women going on hormonal birth control which can temporarily (or even permanently) shift their ability to have children. And male testosterone levels are declining; the men of today have sadder sperm counts than their grandfathers. But is the reason for America’s population decline that women are having fewer children? No. Rather, America’s population is at risk of collapse due to childlessness.