(LifeSiteNews) — As American families continue to fracture, our youngest generations are suffering the consequences. You have probably heard of Generation Z, the so-called “Zoomers” born between 1999-2009. But did you know that they have now been joined by a younger generation? Generation Alpha, as it is called, is composed of children born from 2010-2024. These are the “iPad kids” who have been constantly exposed to technology since infancy.
Many of these two younger generations have spent far more time online than they have with their own parents, especially if their parents are both working or have divorced. African villagers used to say that “it takes a village” to raise a child. But in America not only have the “villages” disappeared, but extended families are becoming less common as well, and even nuclear families – consisting of a father and a mother and their natural or adopted children – are in the minority.
Children have inherent social needs that must be met in order for them to properly develop and thrive in this world. Even the smallest support can make a big difference; sometimes one person, just one conversation can make all the difference in moments of stress, confusion, and depression.
So what happens when the only “conversation” you can have is with your iPad’s AI, because your only parent is at work, and the brother or sister you should have had was aborted before you were born?
So how many Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids have been lost to abortion?
Exact numbers are hard to come by. But we can cross-reference abortion data from the Guttmacher Institute, CDC, and Kaiser Family Foundation to get a pretty good idea of the total number of abortions each year from 1999 on. Since we know how many babies were born each year, we can calculate the abortion rate – the percentage of Gen Z and Gen Alpha who didn’t make it out of the womb alive.
Bear in mind that while all three of these organizations are pro-abortion, they vary in the way they compile their numbers. Guttmacher reports data from all 50 states and will even sometimes produce estimates if data is missing. The CDC, on the other hand, only passively compiles the numbers that have been reported to it. Its data is incomplete, not only because it does not include all 50 states, but because many abortions go unreported.
The numbers show that Gen Z lost over 16 million over its members to abortion, while Gen Alpha lost upwards of 12 million. Adding these numbers to the total number of births will give us an approximation of how many babies were conceived, from which we can calculate the percentage who were aborted. (This calculation does not include miscarriages.)
Our calculations show that roughly 21 percent of Gen Z was aborted, and 18 percent of Gen Alpha was aborted. In other words, each generation is missing close to 20 percent of its members.
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Other estimates run even higher, with some demographers concluding that over 25 percent of the last two generations have been sacrificed to abortion.
The loss to both society and to their siblings is incalculable. Think of the doctors, musicians, researchers, foster guardians, artists, and inventors who are not with us. Think of the sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and husbands and wives who are missing from our families. Think of the millions of bodies ripped apart, and the fabric of our communities shredded, all in the name of bodily autonomy.
It is no coincidence that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are suffering from the highest levels of stress, depression, and isolation ever recorded. Members of Gen Z, especially, often report feeling unable to take on adult roles, or shoulder the burden of a family. Tragically, this seems to be generating even higher levels of abortion.
How high?
According to a study by the Office for National Statistics, by 2022, half of all pregnancies of Gen Z members end in abortion.
Think about that for a moment.
It was bad enough that a quarter of all Gen Zers were lost to abortion, but it is sad beyond belief that the survivors are now choosing themselves to abort half of their children.
I say “choosing,” but in many cases the young women in question have been denied an informed choice. Often without the support of a loving family, often under pressure from school counselors or boyfriends, often without any financial means, they have been told that they have no choice but to have an abortion. Coercion by any other name is still coercion.
If Gen Alpha follows the same path as Gen Z, then America’s birth rate will continue to fall. The current U.S. fertility rate of only 1.6 births per woman – already much lower than the 2.1 needed for replacement – will soon be in the rearview mirror as rates plummet even further.
Unless this changes, the isolation experienced by the last two generations will only get worse. In a world of only-child homes, divorced parents, and no community involvement, how could it not? Human beings need parents, siblings, cousins, neighbors, schoolmates, work friends, sports teams, and the like to thrive. We are meant to live in community with one another, not to be isolated in front of unfeeling computer monitors.
How can we as Christians, and America as a country, turn this around?
The first step is to stop the killing. Abortion was once regarded as unthinkable. It must be so thought of again. This means, among other things, taking the abortion pill off the market.
Second, we must make birth free. There is no reason why the wealthiest country in the world should be unable to bear the cost of childbearing for young couples willing to have children. Especially because, down the road, our country will reap huge benefits from the higher birth rate that will result.
Third, couples willing to bear and raise children should be sheltered from all taxes, including social security. After all, in having children they are providing for the future of America in the most fundamental way, by providing future generations.
The future belongs to the fruitful.
