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It is not just rich places that are becoming less fertile
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Neither widespread poverty, nor high rates of marriage nor relatively young mothers are sustaining fertility

Women in America are having as many babies over their lifetimes as they did two decades ago

Even once-fecund states are having fewer children

It could set back progress keeping mothers and newborns safe

A postcard from one of America’s youngest towns

A world with fewer people would not be all bad