The U.S. fertility rate just hit an all-time low — dipping below 1.6 births per woman, according to newly released CDC data.
The country’s fertility rate has been dropping for quite some time due to people delaying or forgoing parenthood due to concerns about affordability, healthcare, child care, and paid leave.
The George Washington University has experts available who can discuss the new data and the U.S. fertility rate. If you would like to schedule an interview, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, katelyn [dot] deckelbaum
gwu [dot] edu (katelyn[dot]deckelbaum[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Julia Strasser, is the director of the Reproductive Health Workforce & Policy Research Center at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity within the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is an expert on reproductive health care.
Linda Cassar, clinical associate professor at the GW School of Nursing, has worked primarily with the maternal/child health patient population over her 30 years as a nurse, working in labor and delivery, mother/baby, high-risk antepartum, and outpatient community perinatal education.
Amita N. Vyas, is an associate professor at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and Director for the MPH Maternal and Child Health program and the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health.
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