My god have these people never heard of contraception?
I think Europe has gone so far that they won’t even recognize that this is largely in part due to the de-Christianization of their society. Other factors are no doubt in play, but really, how many studies do we need like this comparing marriage rates, family size, etc...?
They have — in Western Europe. I suspect these numbers are coming out of the Easter Bloc former Soviet states, where abortion is culturally considered first line birth control.