"Polling in recent years has indicated that the number of adults who never want to have children has grown, and that men and women plan to have fewer children than previous generations."

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I agree and it’s going to be a common trend when capitalism makes it impossible to take care of children when cost of living rises and wages stay the exact same.

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's why they're trying to criminalize abortion and reduce access to birth control.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Yep. Need a fresh supply of peasants to work to death while the Epstein class sips their champagne on yachts. Not to mention children will keep the poor poor and unable to protest less they risk their jobs and healthcare.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What do you mean "going to be"? We're already there.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article is not talking about infertility - it's talking about fertility rate which are different thing.

The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Yes but the headline may be using specific terms that the people who study this understand rather than actually doing what headlines are supposed to do which is convey understanding to normal regular everyday people which is my point. The title of a news article isn't for scientists. It's for normies.