Utah’s baby bust

Published September 22, 2021 4:39am ET



SALT LAKE CITY — Not even Utah is having enough babies.

America’s most religious state, dominated by a religion whose adherents famously have large broods, has seen its birth rate drop parallel to that in the rest of the United States. In fact, Utah’s baby bust has been steeper than the rest of the country’s.

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