Negative
25Serious
Neutral
Optimistic
Positive
- Total News Sources
- 8
- Left
- 2
- Center
- 0
- Right
- 2
- Unrated
- 4
- Last Updated
- 7 hours ago
- Bias Distribution
- 50% Right


US Adults Prioritize Child Care Costs Over Birth Rate Concerns
As the Trump administration seeks ways to encourage Americans to have more children and address the declining birth rate, a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals that few U.S. adults view increasing birth rates as a priority. Instead, Americans overwhelmingly prioritize government action on the high cost of child care and improving health outcomes for pregnant women. Although pronatalism has gained support among some conservatives and tech figures like Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance, only about 30% of Americans consider declining birth rates a major problem, and just 12% support encouraging more births as a high federal priority. Even among Republicans, affordable child care and maternal health are viewed as more urgent issues than promoting higher birth rates. Supporters of President Donald Trump, such as Misty Conklin from Indiana, emphasize the importance of making child-rearing more affordable over focusing on birth rates directly. Overall, the public's concern centers on the financial and social challenges of raising children rather than the number of babies being born.




- Total News Sources
- 8
- Left
- 2
- Center
- 0
- Right
- 2
- Unrated
- 4
- Last Updated
- 7 hours ago
- Bias Distribution
- 50% Right
Negative
25Serious
Neutral
Optimistic
Positive
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