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The Infertility Panic in America

November 26, 2024

What: The New York Times looks at infertiity rates in the wake of Trump administration officials, like top health nominee RFK Jr., claiming that it is on the rise. The truth is murkier that that, with rates sightly increasing from 1995 to 2015. (At the same time, of course, the average age of trying to have children also increased.)

Key line: “But none of these statistics help differentiate between people who have decided not to have children and those who want to do so but are unable to conceive. ‘The intention to become pregnant is extremely, extremely difficult to measure — it’s something we do not keep track of at a population level,’ said Jorge E. Chavarro, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who researches infertility.”

Source: New York Times // https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/well/infertility-fertility-america.html

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