The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates Even if the fertility decline doesn’t reverse itself anytime soon, the consequences are unlikely to be apocalyptic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/birth-rate-panic-overblown/688320/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYRtDcSQWF1OznI9Fy8XSwAI Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android