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Did the iPhone stop us having babies? New research suggests so

Birth rates decreased markedly around the time the iPhone and high-speed internet were rolled out; two new studies say this is the moment we stopped having children and started scrolling instead. Lydia Spencer-Elliott speaks to a fertility expert about whether our devices are really to blame



Source link : https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/iphone-birth-rate-down-new-study-b2993254.html

Author : Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Publish date : 2026-06-15 07:46:00

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