{"id":2231013,"date":"2024-04-26T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-population-conundrum-will-next-generation-have-grandchildren\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:12:25","slug":"us-population-conundrum-will-next-generation-have-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-population-conundrum-will-next-generation-have-grandchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"US Population Dilemma: Future Generations and Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-population-conundrum-will-next-generation-have-grandchildren%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary by Christine Favocci discusses the US population conundrum, questioning if the next generation will \u200dhave grandchildren. It highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-concerns-about-declining-birth-rates-china-announces-plan-to-reduce-abortions\/\" title=\"Amid Concerns About Declining Birth Rates, China Announces Plan To Reduce Abortions\">declining birth rates<\/a> in the US, the cultural, economic, and demographic\u2062 implications, and \u2063the potential consequences\u2064 of a childless \u200bfuture. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-baby-name-trend-could-become-the-new-normal-is-our-nation-in-danger\/\" title=\"Is the Rising Baby Name Trend a Threat to Our Nation?\">article raises concerns<\/a> about the survival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-says-france-will-be-ruthless-against-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Macron Says France Will Be 'Ruthless' Against Anti-Semitism\">nations facing similar challenges<\/a>. Christine Favocci&#8217;s commentary \u200bdelves into \u200cthe US population dilemma, pondering the prospects of grandchildren for the next generation. It sheds light on the diminishing birth rates in the US and the associated cultural, economic, and demographic repercussions, emphasizing the risks of a future without offspring. The piece underscores the survival \u200cconcerns\u2063 of nations encountering comparable demographic challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>US Population Conundrum: Will Next Generation Have Grandchildren?<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cfavocci\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cfavocci\/%20\"><span>Christine Favocci<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 26, 2024 at 9:43am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>An oft-repeated adage warns that if churches aren\u2019t crying, they\u2019re dying.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an admonition to church leaders to welcome babies and children if they want to survive.<\/p>\n<p>If the same can be said about nations, America is headed for a defeating silence that will mark its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/7-devastating-economic-stats-prove-biden-economy-failing-american-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/24\/health\/us-birth-rate-decline-2023-cdc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s National Center for Health Statistics recorded the lowest birth rate in the U.S. in a century last year.<\/p>\n<p>After years of steady decline \u2014 and one precipitous drop-off in 2020 \u2014 there were just 54.4 live births per 1,000 women in the 15 to 44 age category in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 2023, the general fertility rate was 54.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15\u201344, marking a 3% decrease from the previous year <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VuNiLOKLaD\">https:\/\/t.co\/VuNiLOKLaD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUWAhb9vME\">pic.twitter.com\/BUWAhb9vME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCHS (@NCHStats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCHStats\/status\/1783488668168020181?\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s down even from the record low of 56 births per 1,000 women reached at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dr-phil-schools-view-hosts-damage-done-children-covid-19-mismanagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hysteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a grim reality that the future for would-be parents and grandparents is one without the pitter-patter of little feet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will this generation turn things around and start having more kids?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve certainly had larger declines in the past. But decline fits the general pattern,\u201d said Dr. Brady Hamilton, the report\u2019s co-author and a statistician for the National Center for Health Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the decline mostly came from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/angel-reese-says-protect-young-women-sports-days-biden-expands-trans-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">younger women<\/a> who will populate the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>Motherhood for women ages 15 to 19, in particular, has been on a steady decline but reached a record low of 13.2 births per 1,000 last year. That figure represents a 79 percent drop from the high reached in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest rates have, over time, been shifting towards women in their 30s whereas before it used to be with women in their 20s,\u201d Hamilton explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne factor, of course, is the option to wait,\u201d he said of the difference with older women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a pandemic, or there\u2019s an economic downturn, let\u2019s say \u2013 women in their 20s can postpone having a birth until things improve and they feel more comfortable,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cFor older women, the option of waiting is not as viable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for this change are myriad, but it may be that the U.S. and other developed nations are victims of their own success.<\/p>\n<p>Populations where women are more educated, have more access to contraceptives and are wealthier typically see a decline in fertility, according to a Global Burden of Disease study recently published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(24)00550-6\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lancet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Developing countries in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa maintain a robust birth rate that outpaces Western nations, though others have a rate of 1.1 children per female, falling short of the 2.1 children per woman replacement rate.<\/p>\n<p>The trend may take over the world by the end of this century, with bleak predictions that as many as 155 out of the 204 countries of the world could dip below the replacement rate by 2050 and 97 percent of all nations falling dangerously below by 2100.<\/p>\n<p>At least for the United States, the availability of abortion on demand seems to be a factor in this equation as it negatively correlates to the birth rate, according to estimates from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/news-release\/2024\/number-abortions-united-states-likely-be-higher-2023-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guttmacher Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reproductive research organization predicted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-abortion-advocate-desperately-tries-interrupt-pastors-prayer-capitol-fails-miserably\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortions<\/a> in 2023 would \u201csubstantially exceed\u201d the 930,000 committed in 2020, which tracks with the fall in live births over that period.<\/p>\n<p>There is further evidence in the 2.3 percent increase in live births in states that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/21\/health\/abortion-bans-increase-births\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restricted<\/a> abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, more babies coming into the world is a catastrophe for people like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said in a Wednesday post on X that Democrats \u201cwon\u2019t allow our daughters and granddaughters to grow up with fewer rights than we had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The failed Democratic presidential candidate posted a graphic showing time zones with the year 1864 over Arizona after the state\u2019s Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-republicans-stand-firm-keep-1864-abortion-ban-place-handing-pro-choice-democrats-big-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> a decades-old ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We won\u2019t allow our daughters and granddaughters to grow up with fewer rights than we had. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nv6f8WTbFZ\">pic.twitter.com\/nv6f8WTbFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/1783226012282605716?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps she could not see the irony that abortion doesn\u2019t \u201callow our daughters and granddaughters to grow up\u201d <em>at all<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But many, like Clinton, still hold on to the since-debunked notion advanced by Paul D. Ehrlich that the world is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/infamous-cbs-scare-segment-ecologist-defends-self-ludicrous-tweet-sure-made-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overpopulated<\/a> even as the problems of a shrinking population become apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Places such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-drops-population-first-time-recorded-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> have become a microcosm where the economic pitfalls of such a demographic shift can be studied in real time.<\/p>\n<p>However, the most unfortunate detriment comes from the loss of family and of future generations that will never be born.<\/p>\n<p>The burdens of aging are tempered by the blessing of living long enough to know our children\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing more transcendent than that \u2014 nothing that soothes the sufferings of old age like holding a newborn grandbaby.<\/p>\n<p>If the next generation doesn\u2019t reverse the trend toward a childless future \u2014 one largely devoid of the cries of new life \u2014 the future of our country and our species is grim.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45253\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cfavocci\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45253\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45253\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45253\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45253\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Christine earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Seton Hall University, where she studied communications and Latin. She left her career in the insurance industry to become a freelance writer and stay-at-home mother.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Christine earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Seton Hall University, where she studied communications and Latin. She left her career in the insurance industry to become a freelance writer and stay-at-home mother. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her commentary on the US population challenge, Christine Favocci highlights the importance of future generations having grandchildren. 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