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‘Americans are under-babied’: Dr Oz issues stark warning over US fertility ‘crisis’

The Independent·Joe Sommerlad·20 days ago
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Dr Mehmet Oz , President Donald Trump ’s administrator for Medicare and Medicaid, has claimed the U.S. is facing a fertility crisis because “one in three Americans are under-babied.” Speaking at an Oval Office event Monday to mark the launch of moms.gov, a government website for expectant mothers, the former TV physician encouraged U.S. citizens to have more children. “So, let me speak a little bit about the reality that one in three Americans are under-babied,” Dr Oz said. “What does under-babied mean?” he asked. “That means that you either don’t have any children or you have less children than you would normally want to have. Dr Mehmet Oz has claimed that the U.S. is 'under-babied' and that women need to have more children for the good of the country (Getty) “We have a crisis that’s causing our fertility rate to drop below 1.5. Replacement rate is 2.1. So, we’re way below what we need just to even replace the people that we have in America.…

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