A new kind of birth control: iPhones could be to blame for declining fertility, says study

The Province ^ | Monday June 8, 2026 | Ellie Hutchings

[canuck_conservative]

The paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, notes that the fertility rate in the U.S. has fallen by 22 per cent since 2007, when the first iPhone went on sale in the country...

Until 2011, the iPhone was only available in the U.S. to subscribers of AT&T, allowing the researchers to compare birth rates in counties with near-universal AT&T coverage to counties with little or none in the four years since the first iPhone’s release.

Their findings suggest a striking relationship between iPhone access and declining birth rates...

As for why exactly this is, the researchers present three candidates. iPhone use reduces in-person interactions, provides more access to information about contraception and abortion, and provides more access to pornography.

Essentially, the smartphone is an unofficial form of contraceptive...

Another study, published in the scientific journal Child Development, found that fewer adolescents in recent years engaged in adult activities such as having sex, dating, drinking alcohol, working for pay, going out without their parents, and driving, and suggested a link to increased Internet use...

[Jamestown1630]

https://amishamerica.com/do-amish-use-telephones/

[Henry Hnyellar]

Attention is a drug most women cannot live without and social media is their drug dealer.

[dayglored]

> ...and some had cucumbers and/or eggplants.

Eggplants ... that generates an impressive visual image. :-O

[Elsie]

When the women are reaching adulthood and are chubby and are LONGING for attention, they’ll get it from guys that will just use them and discard them, then they’ll try crazy hair colors and tats, and EMO crap, just to get looked at, even if it is in a negative way.

Then two of those will find each other and BLISS happens.

[Elsie]

But at least it won't be under the continuing surveillance of the bots and AI and what not.

They can find us by what we DON'T say!

[Elsie]

can a 10 year old ipad screen mirror?

Yes — a 10‑year‑old iPad can screen‑mirror, but what it can mirror to depends on the exact model and iOS version.

Here’s the clean breakdown so you can tell instantly.

✅ If your iPad is from 2012–2014 (iPad 2, 3, 4, Air, Mini 1–2)

These models support AirPlay Mirroring, but only to:

✔ Apple TV (2nd gen or newer)

AirPlay Mirroring was built for Apple TV. Even very old iPads can mirror to an Apple TV 2, 3, or 4.

✔ Some smart TVs with AirPlay 2 (but only if the iPad runs iOS 12.3+)

Older iPads often cannot update high enough to support AirPlay 2. So many 2012–2014 iPads won’t mirror to modern TVs directly.

⚠️ If your iPad is older than 2012 (iPad 1)

The original iPad cannot screen‑mirror at all. It can only output video using a wired adapter, not AirPlay.

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🧰 Wired mirroring always works (any iPad with a 30‑pin or Lightning port)

If wireless mirroring fails, you can still mirror with:

Lightning → HDMI adapter

(for iPad 4, Air, Mini 1–2, etc.)

30‑pin → HDMI adapter

(for iPad 1–3)

This gives full screen mirroring regardless of age or iOS version.

🔍 If you want, tell me:

• the model name (Settings → General → About → Model Name) or

• the model number (starts with A1xxx)

…and I’ll tell you exactly what your specific iPad can mirror to and the cheapest way to make it work today.