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2026
Mar
2026
Gen Z & Fertility Anxiety
Most women Gen Z-ers (those born between 1997 and 2012) are developing fertility anxiety by age 23. That's the stark finding of a recent report by HRC Fertility. It surveyed 1,000 adults in the US and found that 72 percent of Gen Z women had age-related fertility anxiety by the time they reached age 23 and 47 percent felt under pressure to have children before reaching their thirties. (1) It's a sign of the times and a concern that can weigh heavily on the minds of the Gen Z women. However, answering the question of whether their fertility anxiety is justifiable or an unnecessary worry requires a nuanced understanding of a range of underlying issues.