Amid plunging births, scholar says parenthood needs to be touted as ‘pathway to happiness’
July 26, 2025
Catholic marriage and family expert Brad Wilcox is calling for efforts to make having a family in the U.S. “more attractive” in the wake of “troubling” data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that U.S. fertility rates are at an all-time low.
“It’s troubling that we’re actually hitting a record low here when it comes to fertility in America,” Wilcox, a sociologist who directs the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, said in an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Mark Irons on July 25.
