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Ross Douthat: How does a baby bust end?

It’s worth considering what optimism about the future of fertility might look like.

(Seth Wenig | AP file photo) This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. U.S. birth rates dropped for the fifth year in a row in 2019, producing the smallest number of babies in 35 years, according to numbers which were released Wednesday, May 20, 2020, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(Seth Wenig | AP file photo) This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. U.S. birth rates dropped for the fifth year in a row in 2019, producing the smallest number of babies in 35 years, according to numbers which were released Wednesday, May 20, 2020, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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By Ross Douthat | The New York Times