The birth rate in the U.S. dropped to a record low in 2024 with fewer than 1.6 kids per woman, newly-released federal data ...

The US fertility rate, once buoyed by comparatively high birth rates among younger women, has been steadily declining.

The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.

The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our ...

July 24, 2012— -- About 37 percent of births in the United States are the result of unintended pregnancies, a proportion that has remained fairly steady since 1982, according to new research ...

CDC data from 2019, the most recent available, shows that more than 47 million women ages 15 to 49 relied on birth control. About 1 in 10 used long-acting methods such as intrauterine devices and ...