In 2024, South Korea’s birth rate rose for the first time after nearly a decade of decline. CNN’s Jessie Yeung explains the strategies the South Korean government has implemented and whether they’re replicable across other countries. Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News
Fertility rates in East Asia are among the lowest in the world, but one country is finally seeing a bump in the number of births. Our hosts ask why young people in the region are still so uncertain about starting families and what can be done to turn the trend around. 0:00 East Asia has a fertility rate problem 3:23 The cost of having children in Asia 6:49 South Korea's birthrate is rebounding 10:48 Why young people are turning away from parenthood 16:34 How Japan is steering into the future Stream the rest of Meanwhile in Asia on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/3UKHW1K #Podcast #Asia #SouthKorea
A new study highlights a growing ideological divide in birth rates, with conservatives reporting significantly more children on average than liberals.
A new study highlights a growing ideological divide in birth rates, with conservatives reporting significantly more children on average than liberals. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A growing ideological divide has emerged in American fertility patterns, with conservatives reporting more children on average than liberals , according to research from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS). The study found that conservatives have an average of 1.4 children, compared with 1.09 among liberals , while 51 percent of liberals reported having no children compared with 40 percent of conservatives. DETAIL: Researchers based the findings on survey responses from roughly 7,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 54, and said the differences…Open
A complex legal dispute over an unborn child has exposed the inhumanity and cruelty of commercial surrogacy.
On this week's episode of "One Nation Under God," host Susie Pinto and Dr. Grazie Christie dig into the case putting surrogacy back in the headlines: a Canadian surrogate being sued by the couple whose child she carried, after she says she refused their request to end the pregnancy over a cleft lip. Dr. Grazie Christie, who's a radiologist, senior fellow at The Catholic Association and member of the Florida State Board of Education, walks through how commercial surrogacy works, what it costs and why she believes the practice can't be made ethical, arguing it turns women into what she calls reproductive labor and children into commodities, with the greatest risks falling on poor women in countries with little oversight. Speaking as the…
‘After a couple of failed attempts to refill my dirty martini, I gave in’
A woman has given birth to naturally conceived identical quadruplet daughters, all sharing one placenta and developing from a single fertilized egg in one of the few cases of its kind in the world.
By Andrea Widburg I could have told anyone that if you give a woman male hormones before or during her pregnancy, bad things will happen.
While previous generations often bought homes, got married, and had children in their 20s and early 30s, these milestones are being pushed back.