High achieving women face challenges finding suitable mates as there are not enough high performing men to go around, and cost of living is also a factor in the decision to have children.
The cost of living has increased, making it more expensive for young adults to start families. Priorities such as finding a nice apartment have caused a delay in the decision to have children.
Enforcing people to have less children is not an efficient way to solve environmental problems. Rather than limiting population growth, we need to find ways to adapt to a growing population of 10 billion people.
The cultural trend of childlessness being associated with freedom and environmentalism is causing a humanitarian crisis of lonely old people, particularly those who never had children, who are left to die alone. This needs to be confronted to avoid suffering for the 80% of women who planned on having kids but couldn't and for those who are childless due to cultural pressures.