Philip Cohen comments on Possible Baby Boom after COVID-19 Quarantine on USA Today
Maria Puente, an entertainment reporter for USA Today, just published an interesting article on the possibility of a baby boom after the COVID-19 quarantine order, as with the social distancing order and quarentine going on, couples and partners are spending more time at home, may have more time than usual to have sex. "This could result in more pregnancies if, hypothetically speaking, people are unable to access family planning resources like birth control, emergency contraception, condoms or abortion,” reported by Puente.
Faculty Associate Philip Cohen, however, argues a baby boom after the COVID-19 quarantine is highly unlikely. "Lots of babies are born to couples not living together, who presumably (because of social distancing) are less likely to have sex and children now," Cohen says. "So even if a few people accidentally or on purpose decide to have a baby now, they will probably be outnumbered by the lost births from people meeting less, having sex with non-residential partners less and deciding now is not a good time."
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The story was also picked up by Medium