By Emma Waters, First Things - What began as a marriage recession has turned into a full-blown birth dearth. In 2023, the birthrate fell to its lowest point of 1.62 births per woman, well below the replacement rate of 2.1. The future of the US... is threatened by demographic decline. Our economy, Social Security, military readiness, eldercare, education, and more depend on new generations of children. On an individual level, this decline reflects a much darker reality... Pro-natalism, a movement against the decline in births, is making headlines as it draws prominent champions like Elon Musk. ...