America’s Op-ed Columnists Brainstorm Future Headlines About the Birth Rate

“The Birth Rate Is Falling, and It Has Nothing to Do with the Cost of Housing, Health Care, or Childcare. It’s Women”

“The Falling Birth Rate: A Crisis with Many Complex Causes, All of Them Female”

“Women Cite ‘Financial Instability’ for Not Having Children. What Aren’t They Telling Us?”

“Did Feminism Ruin the Birth Rate?”

“Who Is to Blame for the Falling Birth Rate? College-Educated Women”

“Who Is to Blame for the Falling Birth Rate? Non-College-Educated Women”

“Who Is to Blame for the Falling Birth Rate? Women Whose Educational Status We Were Unable to Confirm”

“Experts Agree: The Birth Rate Crisis Is Multifaceted, Structural, and Female”

“Did IUDs Ruin the Birth Rate?”

“We Spent Six Months Investigating the Birth Rate Crisis and Found Women at Every Turn”

“Birth Rates Are Down Across the Western World. One Variable Has Remained Constant: Women”

“Experts Warn the Falling Birth Rate Could Have Serious Consequences for Men”

“I Wasn’t That Stressed About America’s Falling Birth Rate. Until I Realized It Was Women’s Fault”

“Did Planned Parenthood Ruin the Birth Rate?”

“We Asked Eight Women Why They Didn’t Want Children. We Forgot to Write Down Their Answers”

“The Birth Rate Is Falling. Women Are Thriving. Experts Are Concerned About the Birth Rate”

“We Don’t Want to Say It’s All Women’s Fault, But We Have Now Said It Several Times, Because It Is”

“Women Are Having Fewer Babies Than Ever. They Seem Fine With It. Disaster”

“Did Hillary Clinton Ruin the Birth Rate?”

“Why Aren’t American Women Having More Babies? We Asked Fourteen Men”

“The Birth Rate Has Been Falling for Decades. Why Didn’t We Realize Earlier That It Was Women’s Fault?”

“Could Birth Rates Recover If We Stopped Calling It a ‘Choice’?”

“America Needs More Babies. Women Need to Stop Making This About Themselves”

“Did No-Fault Divorce Laws Ruin the Birth Rate?”

“Take One for the Team: Birth Rate Edition”

“Women Say They Can’t Afford Children. But Have They Considered Not Thinking About it Until After the Baby Arrives?”

“An Expanded Child Tax Credit Won’t Increase the Birth Rate, Because American Women Just Kinda Suck”

“It Can’t Be a Coincidence That the Coldest Women You Know Are Freezing Their Eggs”

“Did Closing the Wage Gap Ruin the Birth Rate? Because It Hasn’t Happened Yet. But It Could”

“The Birth Rate Is Falling, and Women Are ‘Working’ (Quotes Added by Us)”

“Women Are Having Fewer Babies. Is Brunch to Blame?”

“The Birth Rate Is Falling. The Economy Is Struggling. Democracy Is Fragile. Women Are Eating Avocado Toast”

“We Interviewed Two Hundred Childless Women, and Every Single One Was Doing Something Fun”

“Did Women Ruin the Birth Rate?”