[SmallGovRepub]

The population decline is good and bad. A geographic area can only support so many people. When you have too many people sharing limited space and limited resources and causing pollution and whatnot it becomes a problem. It can become a problem for a small country fairly quickly and eventually it can become a problem for the entire world. It's good that we have a way to keep populations smaller that doesn't involve famine and disease and folks killing each other. The problem is that in drastically cutting the number of births our societies have become top heavy with old folks who will get to the point that they have expensive health needs and cannot work to support themselves. That's going to be a burden on those of us born after birth control started being widely used. But after we get over the hump and the old folks born before birth control was widely in use die off things are going to go back to normal.

[deannadurbin]

“....But after we get over the hump and the old folks born before birth control was widely in use die off things are going to go back to normal.”

What the hell is “normal” to you? You argue like a member of the Zero Population Group, not a conservative.

The problem is far bigger than the pill. It’s that society has devalued traditional family life and the blessings - yes, that’s right - the BLESSINGS of children. The children who are born today are often neglected, abused while both parents pursue the Almighty Dollar, or they’re in single family homes trying to survive despite great odds, the children are not being raised knowing right vs wrong, they aren’t going to church or synagogue anymore to learn there is a God who loves them, they’re having their own babies out of wedlock when they grow to be teenagers, etc.

With nothing to stop those trends the situation will never be “normal” ever again, no matter what the population numbers happen to be.

[Between the Lines]

But after we get over the hump and the old folks born before birth control was widely in use die off things are going to go back to normal.

Perhaps you meant to say 'stabilize' or 'reach a new norm'. Until recently it has never been "normal" to maintain small families through the mass use of abortions and contraceptives.