Contra the New York Times, falling birth rates are not good for women

Published March 6, 2026 5:44am ET



Rush Limbaugh used to tell a joke about New York Times headline writers. If the world were ending, Limbaugh would say, the New York Times headline would be, “World Ends Tomorrow: Women, Minorities Hardest Hit.”

I thought of that joke last week when the New York Times published an article titled, “The Birthrate Is Plunging. Why Some Say That’s a Good Thing,” for women.

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