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Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: U.S. Population Moves Ever Closer to Zero Growth: A Depopulated Future – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Image by Grok. "How Bad Is It? In 2030 the U.S. will have more deaths than births!"

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International, April 20, 2026

As president of Human Life International, Fr. Boquet is a leading expert on the international pro-life and family movement, having journeyed to nearly 90 countries on pro-life missions over the last decade. Father Boquet works with pro-life and family leaders in 116 counties that partner with HLI to proclaim and advance the Gospel of Life.  Read his full bio here.

 

“The most serious duty of transmitting human life, for which married persons are the free and responsible collaborators of God the Creator, has always been a source of great joys to them, even if sometimes accompanied by not a few difficulties and by distress.” ― Pope St. Paul VI, Humanae vitae, no. 1

On April 9, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its provisional birth data for 2025. The numbers are sobering.

The U.S. general fertility rate fell to just 53.1 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age – the lowest figure ever recorded in this country.

And the trend shows no signs of stopping. Since 2007, the U.S. fertility rate has dropped by 23 percent. Last year alone, roughly 700,000 fewer children were born than at the 2007 peak. …

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