The New York Times editorial board proposed a sweeping plan to resolve America’s immigration challenges, advocating for increased legal migration while sidelining concerns of many Americans. The op-ed, titled “A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess,” frames migrants as essential for economic growth while casting native-born Americans as a declining population incapable of meeting labor demands.
U.S. birth rates dropped to their lowest levels in more than 40 years in 2023, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A member of the influential Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee suggested that China should lift all restrictions on the child number laws can have and by extending equal recognition and benefits to the children of single parents.
A report published by the Institute of Labor Economics in Germany found that about 32,000 babies are born each year following the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade.
State Sen. Caroline Menjivar of Burbank, who penned the bill, has proposed an extended interpretation of "infertility," defined as: “A person’s inability to reproduce either as an individual or with their partner without medical intervention.”