An exchange on Fox News raised eyebrows Friday after senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel suggested that part of the United States’ declining fertility rate is tied to fewer teen births, characterizing the drop among people ages 15 to 19 as a “problem.”
During a discussion on “America’s Newsroom” with anchor Dana Perino about new CDC data showing the U.S. fertility rate has fallen to a record low, senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel pointed to declining birth rates among younger Americans. The fertility rate fell 7 percent in 2025, from 53.8 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age in 2024 to 53.1 in the most recent year, the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the CDC, reported Thursday.
