America’s Most Effective Birth Control Wasn’t a Policy. It Was a Phone.

[sraj]

https://www.promarket.org/2026/07/27/americas-most-effective-birth-control-wasnt-a-policy-it-was-a-phone/

In new research, Caitlin K. Myers and Ezekiel Hooper find that birth rates in the United States have declined as a result of the introduction of the iPhone. They theorize that the smartphone is crowding out the market for attention, offering a device to fill users’ time that replaces forming in-person relationships that typically create children.  ....

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The U.S. total fertility rate has dropped to a historic low of approximately 1.57 children per woman, falling well below the replacement level of 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population.  

Italy 1.14 

U.K. 1.39

E.U.  1.34

India  1.9 (Rural 2.1, Urban 1.5)

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Selvaraj