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| ▲ | MostlyStable 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It is entirely possible to believe multiple things at once: 1. The drop is fertility is bad for society 2. The drop in teen pregnancy is good, despite it's
contributions to 1 3. We should try to fix 1. without undoing 2. | | |
| ▲ | 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | [deleted] | |
| ▲ | Night_Thastus 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I agree, but I don't think #3 is possible. For a variety of reasons, both biological and societal, the older people get the less likely they are to have kids, and fewer of them. | | |
| ▲ | skissane 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Kiryas Joel, New York, has astronomically high fertility, but also extremely low rates of under-18 pregnancy - which proves the combination is possible. |
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| ▲ | mrguyorama an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Fundamentalists, and others who abhor birth control, demonstrate pretty regularly that they have no issue with Teen Pregnancy, but rather unmarried teen pregnancy. They want married teen pregnancy. By their own admission. |
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| ▲ | philipallstar 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | No, it's from the cost of living being so high that people are delaying having kids. | | |
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| ▲ | vasco 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Worldwide the main thing that correlates to having less kids is being more educated. High cost of living correlates with more kids, not less. | | |
| ▲ | siriusastrebe 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Worldwide being more educated means higher cost of living. Nowhere in the world is there a country with high cost of living and high birthrates | | |
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