A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children, with the percentage of women aged 15-44 without children rising from 40% in 2002 to 45% between 2017 and 2019. Experts attribute this trend to a combination of personal choices and external factors such as finances, infertility, and challenges in finding a partner, with many under 50 reporting that they are unlikely to ever have children. Originally published in The Hill.

Alison Gemmill is quoted.