Nevertheless, despite the reduced amount of teen births, the medical community still maintains that more work lies ahead to further decrease these rates.
Lower birth rates for women across the board
In the United States and many other nations around the world, women’s birth rates are seeing widespread declines.
More women have opted to delay motherhood or forgo it altogether. Some want to ensure they’ve cemented their education and careers before having children.
This subsequently created a tendency of more women choosing motherhood in their 30s and 40s, rather than in their 20s.
Then, there’s the rise of the child-free movement. Some adults — women and men alike — have determined that parenthood is not their preferred lifestyle choice. Hence, they’re steering clear of procreation altogether.
Just in America alone, the majority of US states witnessed fewer births in 2022 than they did in 2021.
