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The quest to ‘make America fertile again’

By Caroline Kitchener
Sisters gather during a rally to mark Trump’s 100th day in office at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan. One year into his second term, Trump’s administration has enacted few policies to reduce the rising cost of having children — frustrating some conservatives who expected Trump to prioritise their plans to boost the US birthrate. — Emily Elconin/The New York Times

US Vice-President JD Vance has called falling marriage rates “a big problem.”

A senior Health and Human Services official has urged his department to “make America fertile again”.

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