Troubling Fertility Decline: Fixed by Pagan or Christian Sexual Ethics?
April 16, 2026
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported this month that America’s fertility continues to slide ever downward. In the early 2000s, U.S. births per woman was at the mere 2.1 replacement level, providing no growth, but not much decline either. The Wall Street Journalreports it is now 1.57, well below replacement level. U.S. fertility has never been as low as it is now, and there’s no indication it will begin rising anytime soon.
In fact, over two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries with below replacement fertility. Some leading demographers say it’s closer to three-fourths. If these trends do not change, and change dramatically, this means very bad things for the future of humanity and human thriving. It has been clearly documented that growing global populations have created a world where serious problems plaguing human well-being have declined substantially in the most important measures. The population doomsayers were infamously wrong.
