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By Hannah Hiester, LifeNews, Apr 15, 2025

LifeNews Note: Hannah Hiester writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.

Washington, DC – The percentage of childless U.S. adults who say they never want children has doubled over the span of 20 years, rising from 14% in 2002 to 29% in 2023, a new study discovered.

The research, performed by a team at Michigan State University, used data from the National Survey of Family Growth to analyze 80,000 adults’ attitudes toward having children, MSUToday reported. In addition to fewer people desiring children, the percentage of childless adults who plan to have children in the future also fell, going from 79% to 59% across the same time frame. …

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