Former Sen Ben Sasse warns people have 'stopped making babies' Former Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse expressed shock at the declining birth and sex rates across the industrialized world due to phone distractions. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! American women are having children later than ever with birth rates hitting record lows and the divide between red and blue states becoming even more stark. A new analysis of birth rates highlights Washington, D.C., and Mississippi as