Pandemic led to increase in births to US mothers: Study

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Despite widespread forecasts that the coronavirus pandemic would accelerate the decline in U.S. fertility rates, a baby bust failed to materialize in 2021, mainly because the 2020 decline can be attributed to a sharp drop in births to foreign-born women affected by international travel restrictions, according to a new working paper.

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