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IVF access won’t fix the declining birth rate

By Daniel Kuebler
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IVF access won’t fix the declining birth rate

Over the past 15 years, the birth rate in the United States has dropped from 2.1 births per woman to 1.66, well below the birth rate needed to keep the population stable. This trend needs to be reversed. 

President Donald Trump thinks making in vitro fertilization more accessible could help achieve this goal, and his recent executive order calls for government agencies to increase affordability and accessibility to IVF.

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