California Women Are Having Fewer Children, Later In Life
The Orange County Register breaks down the statistics by area in the state.
Orange County Register:
Why Are California Women Giving Birth At Record-Low Rates?
The pace of motherhood in California is slowing and its members are aging, a shift demographers expect to continue and contribute to far-reaching and uncertain changes in the decades to come... California outpaced the nation by another key measure: declining fertility rates in what is considered childbearing age for women by the National Center for Health Statistics: 15 to 44. (Wheeler, 7/14)
Orange County Register:
Where And How Birth Rates Have Dropped In California
California’s birth rate is the lowest it has been since the Great Depression. Today we look at how age and population trends are changing quickly in California and the rest of the nation. (Snibbe and Wheeler, 7/17)
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Doctors Fear Trump Change Could Lead To More Teen Pregnancies
High school students toting both textbooks and newborns are becoming increasingly rare. But a Trump administration proposal to rewrite federal birth control mandates could soon change that, some medical experts fear. (Johnson, 7/16)