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U.S. fertility rates in 2023 reached the lowest levels since records began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday, returning to a longstanding trend of Americans having fewer babies after a temporary uplift during the Covid-19 pandemic as concerns grow over reproductive healthcare.
U.S. birth rates fell again in 2023.
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There were just under 3.6 million babies born in the U.S. in 2023, according to provisional data released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, a drop of 2% from the year before.
The data,…
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