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Structural Constraints on U.S. Fertility
Mon, August 10, 2:00 to 3:30pm, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
Description
This session examines a range of structural factors shaping fertility in the contemporary United States. The papers contextualize U.S. fertility declines and highlight the role of inequality, social environment, and policy in influencing reproductive desires, timing, and outcomes. This session was created from submissions to the 2026 open fertility session call.
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Individual Presentations
Cohort Estimates of Childlessness for U.S. Women Born 1914-2002 - Lawrence L. Wu, New York University; Marco Massimo Laghi, New York University/NYU-Shanghai; Di Xin, New York University
Social Sterilization: The Effect of Wealth Inequality on Fertility Ideals and Outcomes - Shuyi Qiu, Duke University; Christina Gibson-Davis
Structural Heteropatriarchy and (Almost) Completed Fertility - Bethany Grace Everett, University of Utah
Postpartum Permanent Contraception Increases among Native-Americans and Immigrant Latinas Following Dobbs Abortion Bans - Michael S. Rendall, University of Maryland-College Park; Mieke C.W. Eeckhaut, University of Delaware
Fertility Timing Work: The Invisible Labor of Timing Parenthood - Catherine J. Taylor, University of California-Santa Barbara