Commentary: JD Vance is right about the birthrate, but he’s wrong about how to increase it.
The solution is to make our economy and society more family-friendly.
(Seth Wenig | AP) This 2017 photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. In 2023, America had 1.6 children per woman, below the 2.1 children necessary to hold the population at its current level.