America just had its lowest birth rate in 32 years. The 2018 fertility rate hit a “record low,” researchers wrote in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also of note is that among all births, the percentage delivered at less than full-term increased.

Too few babies are being born to sustain the population, and of those that are, many are emerging from the womb before their complete gestation. Neither is good news, and I believe both are happening for one main reason: having babies interferes with women’s career goals.