America Isn't "Under-Babied." It's Motherless.

Dr. Oz wants us to make more babies. But a country that refuses to protect women shouldn't be surprised when women hesitate to raise children inside it.

by Dana DuBois

Dr. Oz and the Trump administration would like us all to know America is “under-babied.”

And they’re (uncharacteristically) not wrong. Birth rates are down, with a total fertility rate of 1.6 children per woman, the lowest ever recorded, according to the Population Reference Bureau. Low birth rates threaten our long-term economic viability,…