"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 16 points 3 days 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 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days 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 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

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.