Deseret News U.S. births declined in 2023, more women skipping prenatal care Birth rate down 2% from the past 2 years Aug 20, 2024 Lois M. Collins The number of births in the U.S. and the fertility rate both declined from 2022 to 2023. And for the second year in a row, so did prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, including a growing share of mothers who got no prenatal care at all. That’s according to the final count for 2023 from the National Center on Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Tuesday....