GenXers, do you anticipate younger generations having kids more often if birth control is banned after all?

Posted by Bunny_Carrots_87@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 31 comments

I think Gen Z will have kids at a higher rate than people right now expect. I think this in part because I believe it is possible that Trump and our conservative congress will try to ban birth control. I don’t know whether or not they’ll succeed, but I fully expect they’ll try. However, I also just think that, no matter what a lot of Redditors say, having a kid is something a fair amount of people will always do in part because of how we are socialized. I feel like Reddit’s overall perception of Gen Z in general is and always has often not been entirely accurate anyway, I say this as a Gen Zer myself. It makes sense to me that people of my generation are more conservative than Reddit anticipated when I think back to my school days, and it also makes sense to me to assume that more of my classmates will become parents than people right now think. If my above prediction is wrong, then I would still say that I think it’s possible Gen Alpha will be the generation who have kids at a higher rate. I think Trump, Vance and other republicans on congress/in positions of power will spread “messaging” as Gen Alpha grow older. If birth control is really banned after all or made absurdly difficult to obtain, this will leave a huge impact on both generations - imagine growing up in a time period wherein BC is banned! Must do something to a person’s mind. People always talk about how Gen Z’s birthing rate is notably low, but doesn’t Gen Z start in 1997 or so? Meaning that our oldest members aren’t even 30 yet. I’m Gen Z and I’m not even 20 yet. There are people currently in high school who are still Gen Z.