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American women are having fewer babies, and that’s become a political issue for many conservative advocates and lawmakers — Elon Musk called the falling birth rate “the biggest danger civilization faces.”Why it matters: Barring an increase in immigration, the record low birth rate threatens future economic growth — but there’s little evidence that politics or public policy could meaningfully reverse the trend…
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Why the conservative push to increase the birth rate looks doomed
American women are having fewer babies, and that’s become a political issue for many conservative advocates and lawmakers — Elon Musk called the falling birth rate “the biggest danger civilization faces.”Why it matters: Barring an increase in immigration, the record low birth rate threatens future economic growth — but there’s little evidence that politics or public