he said that societal support for marriage and families in the United States has been cyclical, with decades of decline followed by restoration.
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Sobering statistics undergirded the session: The U.S. birthrate fell to its lowest recorded level in 2011, which means no developed nation in the world now has "replacement-level" fertility of 2.1 children per woman, said Allan Carlson, president of the center and editor of the journal.