birth rates

In the last of a three-part series, reporter Sarah Tory talks to Cynthia Ayala about how falling birthrates reflect women's increasing autonomy over their bodies and their lives.

Across the U.S., women are having fewer babies. In the first of a three-part series about falling birth rates, Evelyn Perry talks about her decision not to have kids.

Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to mail Colorado taxpayers a refund check in August. And the birth rate in Utah is quickly falling, according to a new report from the Utah Foundation focusing on the state's investment in the next generation.

For the sixth year in a row, the number of U.S. births fell in 2020, reaching the lowest level since 1979. The fertility rate remains "below replacement" — the level needed to compensate for deaths.