Posted on 07/24/2025 8:05:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It would be enlightening to see a line graph chart showing bothlive birth rate and abortion rate.
Good. Its already the 3rd most populated country. Enough.
Everything is fine.
Robots & AI will solve this “future of civilization’ problem.(sarcasm)
Huh? Whatch you talking about Jethro?
Huh? Whatch you talking about Jethro?
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He probably wants some “elbow room.”
Over the next 20 years he’ll have plenty of it in North America, Europe, and Asia.
They forgot this part: “among US citizens “.
Did you read the article? Low birthrate. Sounds good. And my name is not Jethro cletus.
Break it down by religious and political beliefs and citizenship status. That will be a much more interesting chart.
Come on, young people, get busy! I did my part, now it’s your turn.
Only Mormons and Muslims are having children.
As I noted in another thread, but forgot to credit.
The percentage of births covered by Medicaid declined for each maternal age group from 2023 to 2024.
● Medicaid was the primary source of payment for the delivery for 40.2% of all births in 2024, a decline of 3% from 2023 (41.5%) (Figure 4, Table 4).
● The percentage of births covered by Medicaid declined 2%–3% for all age categories:
younger than age 20 (from 78.5% to 77.1%),
20–24 (63.3% to 61.5%),
25–29 (44.1% to 42.9%),
30–34 (30.8% to 30.0%),
35–39 (28.1% to 27.3%), and
40–44 (30.8% to 30.0%)
Nothing to see here. But for Medicaid, there probably would be 40% less birth in the US.
NCHS Data Brief ■ No. 535 ■ July 2025
Births in the United States, 2024
Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H., Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db535.pdf
Last year in my family we had a summer of weddings to attend. This summer, all of those weddings are producing babies by the years’s end. One was born this week, another is due next week, and a third is due in December. Plus, there’s another baby on the way from a wedding two summers ago around Thanksgiving. So all is not lost. At least in my world.
11 grandkids and counting. I’M DOING MY PART
Low birthrate is the death of a country.
The cost of living is too high. If having a family and children was as affordable as it was in 1970 the birth rate would be at least at replacement levels in my opinion. Everything is stacked against family formation. Rents are higher than ever. Wages for unskilled jobs are lower than ever. A bachelor degree isn’t even enough for many graduates. And then there is a myriad of small things to hassle young parents. 8 years ago I had a son that was in the NICU because he was a preemie. In order to take him home I needed a new/newer infant car seat. If I was 20 and just starting out something as simple as that would have been a luxury purchase and I would have wanted to get something as close to free as possible just to comply with the law. We have stacked the deck in large and small ways to make raising children more expensive. And to top it all off, at any point in time either the husband or wife could tell the other they want a divorce. So raising a family is out of reach for the very young. The risks to being financially and emotionally devastated are extremely high. And if you toss in hookup culture where men can get their physical needs met outside of marriage, I am amazed the birth rate is as high as it is right now.
“Only Mormons and Muslims are having children.”
You forgot the illegals.
wy69
Well, stuff has consequences.
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