What is the “birth dearth,” and why is that a problem? Why are some women bucking the low-fertility trend in the United States? Is having a lot of children a sign these women are oppressed?

Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, associate professor in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and author of Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, discusses her research into these questions and more with Franciscan University Presents host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, and panelists Dr. Deborah Savage and Dr. Regis Martin of Franciscan University’s Theology Department.