Happy to share that my new book The Real Domestic Product: How Birth Control Built Equality (and Why the Future of the Economy and the Planet Depends on It) is now out in the world! Thanks to the wonderful crew
NEW BOOK launched!
Provisional 2025 Fertility Report: Rates among Young Women Continue Fall (Teen Rate Falls 7.1%); Rates for Older Women Rose Slightly
US fertility rates continued to fall overall in 2025 (down 1.3% for the second year in a row, for a total decline of 23.4% since 2007), to 53.1 births / 1,000 women between 15-44, from 53.8 in 2024. That includes continued declines
2024 Provisional Fertility Rate Continued 17-Year Fall, Down for Women 15-34, Static for Those 35-39 & Up for Those 40-44 (UPDATED per 7/2025 data)
Per updated CDC data, the 2024 Provisional US Fertility Rate fell 1.3% overall (from 54.5 births / 1,000 women aged 15-44 to 53.8) from 2023. That included declines among teens 15-19 (down 4%, from 13.1 to 12.6 per 1,000 women
Post-Dobbs Fertility Report, 2023 Birth Data – IRWGS
LINK to report
Rippling Effects of Delay in 2021 – as Birth Rates Rise among Older Women, Continue to Fall among Women 15-24
In 2021, per the CDC, the US birth rate rose nationally by 1%— from 56 births / 1,000 fertile women (those 15 to 44 years old) to 56.6 births, regaining some of the 4% loss in 2020. 2020. Among 2020
US Birth Rate Falls 4% in 2020 across All Age Groups, including a 7.8% Decline among Teens
In 2020, the world’s first year of living dangerously with Covid, a smaller share of Americans had children than in the year prior. Most of this birth rate fall was part of the ongoing trend toward decline that has been underway
Jobs for Men but Not for Women?
First published in The Nation (Dec. 14, 2021): LINK Though sex-based discrimination is no longer legal, it still structures American employment. Passing the Build Back Better bill could finally change that. Is sex discrimination in employment illegal? Congress isn’t sure.