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A new report shows something every patriot should find troubling: assisted reproduction is being repackaged as a substitute for family and responsibility, and single women in their 40s are increasingly answering that call with IVF. The human impulse to build a family is noble, but when technology becomes a one-way ticket past the normal rhythms of courtship, marriage, and sacrifice, society loses more than it gains. The trend toward elective, late-in-life single parenthood deserves scrutiny, not applause.
The raw numbers are stark and rising: global IVF births now number in the tens of millions since the late 1970s, and IVF accounts for tens of thousands of births in the United States every year as the technology spreads. What began as a medical lifeline for infertile couples has grown into an industry that too often encourages postponement of family formation until biology works against women. We should celebrate technological breakthroughs that heal and help, but we must not let them become cultural excuses to abandon time-honored institutions.
This is not an abstract phenomenon — 44 percent of American women now report being unpartnered at various stages of life, and births to unmarried women in their 40s have surged in recent decades. That social reality is not accidental: popular culture, corporate incentives, and public policy have all elevated careerism and individual choice above marriage and the common good. Conservatives believe in the dignity of work and the dignity of family, and we should be alarmed when the latter is sidelined by a false faith in science as a moral compass.
There is also a medical reality that the activists and influencers rarely trumpet: IVF success rates fall sharply with maternal age, and the physical, emotional, and financial costs are real and punishing for many women. What is sold on social media as empowerment can be an expensive gamble with low odds for older women, and the potential risks to mother and child are nontrivial. A society that truly cares about women will insist on honest information and push for earlier family formation, not glossy promises that gloss over biology.
Beyond numbers and clinical data, there is a moral case that cannot be dismissed: children do best with stable, two-parent families where possible, and a culture that normalizes elective single parenthood by technological means weakens the social bonds that bind communities together. This is not to shame women who have no choice or who have suffered heartbreak; it is to reject a culture that funnels people toward isolation under the banner of “autonomy.” If conservatives remain silent, the left will continue to define family on terms that erode responsibility and community.
If we care about the future of American life, policy must follow principle: promote honest fertility education, incentivize marriage and childbearing at younger, healthier ages, and protect the social norms that encourage men and women to form lasting partnerships before starting a family. Medical science should remain a tool to help families, not a cultural workaround that lets society off the hook for creating the conditions where families flourish. It’s time for patriots to defend marriage, common sense, and the next generation with urgency and conviction.
