Ooooh, I'm sure more government intervention will fix everything right up.
They have a good point about the age. Never before in history could the majority women wait to the age of grandmotherhood to bear children.
Government Intervention (in the U.S.) would mean lowering/eliminating taxes so families could actually LIVE on one income.
Dr Bewley added: "You cannot suddenly emerge at 45 and say, 'Now I want children'. I appreciate we want it all and some will get it. But there is a window for reproduction where there isn't for work."
I can hear feminists now, "Don't tell ME what to do! How dare you try to box me in with your paternalistic limitations!" etc..
A lot of women don't seem to realize that they are really arguing with God, not men.
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock...
Women's fertility starts to decline after 27.
One starting place is to stop treating young women, 15-19 like they are children. They are not children at that age, they are young adult women and should be regarded as such for their own benefit.
Holy Cow! This smacks of Commie China. Hard core government domination. Absolutism. Unbelievable.
Technically speaking, you're ready for childbirth when your body changes to enable it to happen. It's civilization that's put the future of our race in danger - sure, heartbreak is bad, but there's so much more at risk. The later you wait, the smaller your chances of having more than one child, or any at all.
Um, no.
The blame actually lies on '60s feminists, with their glorification of careers and their denigration of stay-at-home moms.
Radical '60s feminism was adopted as gospel by the mainstream media, and promoted in countless TV programs that glamorized women lawyers, judges, doctors, police, etc. ad nauseum.
By now several generations of little girls have swallowed that television pap. They've modeled themselves after all those actresses who look so glamorous playing those tough, career-woman roles.
Sadly, these girls often don't fully realize that the world doesn't really work that way, and that they've been duped, until they're well into their 30s.
I've read somewhere that putting off childbirth has increases the chances for women developing breast cancer.
A friend of mine waited until her late 30's to try to have kids. She found out that she was nearly infertile, and after a lot of frustrating attempts involving a lot of medical technology, she and her husband ended up having to find an egg donor. I think the professional feminists aren't being upfront with women about what can happen as a result of waiting to have children.
Downs syndrome is increased at 35. 1 out of 365 births have Downs
"Putting off childbirth defies nature, claim doctors"
You don't want to put it off much more than nine months, or you get really grumpy.
More women should make a "career" raising their own children. Might have to skip the extra BMW though.
I don't want to start a flame war, please. No offense to anyone that wants kids. Really.
I am a 50 yr old male w/o children and can't figure out why someone wants kids. If I had a farm or millions of$$, of course, I would want to pass that on. But being a normal working person that looks forward to retirement at around 70, why would someone want to pass this life style on????????
Let's not forget about who the age difference means the most to - the kids. I want to go golfing with my kids when they are in their 30s, 40s, and 50s - not be dead while they go golfing. I want to be young enough to enjoy grandchildren, not be just a memory told to them by their parents. Personally, I think the problem is that kids have not picked up responsibility at the same rate as their forefathers - it seems that for many, childhood doesn't end until the kids are 25, a few years out of college and perhaps picking up their first job. This then delays their entry into the world of grownups, marriage, childrearing and so on. My opinion is that the best age to have kids at is 25.
This country (world) is just going nuts!
There are indeed natural laws? Who would have denied such? Oh yes, those who have alternative agendas.
Hey, it's not a problem if American women want to put off childbirth until it's too late - we are importing plenty of young mothers from Mexico. ;)
I agree with this. Girls should get through college, then a family. You're going to change careers a few times anyway, and by the time you're 50 you'll be a different person altogether.
It's not only fertility that's an issue, but the incidence of Downs Syndrome. Consider the following:
RELATIONSHIP OF DOWN SYNDROME INCIDENCE TO MOTHERS' AGE
Mothers Age
Incidence of Down Syndrome
Under 30 Less than 1 in 1,000
30 1 in 900
35 1 in 400
36 1 in 300
37 1 in 230
38 1 in 180
39 1 in 135
40 1 in 105
42 1 in 60
44 1 in 35
46 1 in 20
48 1 in 16
49 1 in 12
Source: Hook, E.G., Lindsjo, A. Down Syndrome in Live Births by Single Year Maternal Age.
I'm really sorry I have to put this /sarcasm tag on this post.
Once again destructive feminism has to have its face rubbed in reality.