US going the way of Europe?
“The 2011 preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,953,593, 1 percent less (or 45,793 fewer) births than in 2010; the general fertility rate (63.3 per 1,000 women age 15-44 years) declined to the lowest rate ever reported for the United States,” said the report.
More than 40 percent of all babies born in the country last year, the report said, were born to unmarried women.
While the overall birth rate declined to a record low, the birth rates for women in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups actually increased from 2010 to 2011.
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Among women 15-19 years old, it declined from 34.2 to 31.3. Among women 20-24 years old, it declined from 90.0 to 85.3. Among women 25-29, it declined from 108.3 to 107.2. And among women 30-34 years old, it held steady at 96.5.
However, among women 35-39 years old, it increased from 45.9 per 100,000 to 47.2. Among women 40-44, it increased from 10.2 to 10.3. And among women from 45-54, it held steady at 0.7 per 100,000.
The percentage of American-born babies who were delivered by unmarried women actually declined slightly from 40.8 percent in 2010 to 40.7 percent in 2011.
In 2011, 1,606,087 babies were born to unmarried women and 2,347,506 were born to married women.
Although the percentage of babies born to unmarried women was highest among teens, the percentage of babies delivered by unmarried women of older ages increased from 2010 to 2011.What is wrong with having families? Where are the fathers of all these children?
Forgive me for speaking so bluntly, but instead of encouraging gay marriage, subsidizing birth control for the Sandra Fluke's of the world and encouraging unrestricted abortions so that Sasha and Malia aren't 'burdened,' the US ought to be encouraging sex for procreation in committed (i.e. married) relationships.
You wonder why Hurricane Sandy happened? I suspect that one reason will become obvious sometime in late July and early August.
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:02 PM
1 Comments:
Well for the record, gay people are having babies. I have a gay friend who has babies. So I don't see how that is in any way connected to your point.
And birth control pills are used for many reasons, including ovarian cysts (ironically making women MORE fertile who use them), amongst a litany of other reasons. It is a medication like any other that should be treated as such.
Why is the USA less fertile? One word. The economy. In bad times people have less babies. Simple fact.
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