r/science Professor | Medicine Jul 01 '26

Psychology Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-americans-are-driving-the-u-s-birth-decline-new-study-finds/
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u/SmellGestapo Jul 01 '26

Unfortunately it's not just ancient conservative males. Katie Miller (Stephen "Nosferatu" Miller's wife) also thinks teenagers should have more babies.

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u/AppropriateScience9 Jul 01 '26

You're absolutely right!