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40 Percent of U.S. Children Born to Unmarried Parents, Rate Increasing Worldwide
Catholic News Agency ^ | 10/18/18

Posted on 10/20/2018 6:12:31 PM PDT by marshmallow

Washington D.C., Oct 18, 2018 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- New data shows that an increasing number of babies worldwide are born to unmarried parents.

The data was released in an annual report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA.)

About 40 percent of U.S. children born in 2016 had unmarried parents, the report shows. This is more than double the percent of U.S. children born with unmarried parents in 1980, and 10 percentage points higher than in 1990.

In the rest of the world, even more children are born to unmarried parents. In 2016, 60 percent of French babies were born with unmarried parents.

The UN data showed that across the areas studied--the United States, France, Spain, Sweden, the EU, Japan, and Russia, the unwed pregnancy rate has increased or remained relatively stable in recent years. France has had the highest percent of babies born to unmarried parents since 2010, eclipsing Sweden, the previous leader.

n 2017, the organization Save the Children rated Sweden as the fifth-best country for mothers, behind Norway, and Finland, and Iceland. Sweden is noted for its expansive social benefits made available to mothers and children.

One exception to the trend is Russia, which has seen the percent of children born to an unwed mother drop from a high of 30 percent in 2004 to 22 percent in 2016. Russia’s abortion rate has also fallen during this time period.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicnewsagency.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
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1 posted on 10/20/2018 6:12:31 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

That’s how you destroy a civilization.


2 posted on 10/20/2018 6:16:43 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

NOW’s stated goal


3 posted on 10/20/2018 6:18:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: marshmallow

“Progress.”


4 posted on 10/20/2018 6:19:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: marshmallow

Why would anyone believe anything from the Nazi UN who rapes and murders children...


5 posted on 10/20/2018 6:22:53 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: marshmallow

I know a Christian pre-marriage counselor.

Half the couples (supposedly Christian) that he counsels are living together before marriage. So the statistic doesn’t surprise me.

Post-modern millennials just don’t see the problem.


6 posted on 10/20/2018 6:25:57 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: marshmallow

That means their fathers don’t bother to legally claim them.

That’s just sad.


7 posted on 10/20/2018 6:27:18 PM PDT by donna (Corporations are using censorship to destroy President Trump and achieve Globalism.)
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To: marshmallow

The stigma of out of wedlock birth is all but gone these days. While it’s better than aborting, I’m not sure that having all of these kids being raised by single parents is good either. If anything being a single mom is celebrated.


8 posted on 10/20/2018 6:27:43 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: marshmallow

That is a high percentage to be sure, but I wonder how many couples get married after the baby is born and the child is raised in a two parent (biological) family


9 posted on 10/20/2018 6:31:44 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: marshmallow

Roughly 75-80% of the men in prison were born to single moms.


10 posted on 10/20/2018 6:34:35 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: marshmallow

And right now, Jorge Bergoglio is hosting one of his Sin-Nods that seeks to acknowledge, accept, and bless “irregular families”.


11 posted on 10/20/2018 6:35:54 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: marshmallow

Being born into a single parent household,usually a female led household,is a recipe for failure for that child.


12 posted on 10/20/2018 6:35:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: marshmallow

Humanity is going to pay a dreadful price for the Bastard Boom.


13 posted on 10/20/2018 6:39:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Politically Correct

“Half the couples (supposedly Christian) that he counsels are living together before marriage.”

Only half?

I can’t think of any wedding I have been to in the last 20 years where the couple was not living together prior to the actual wedding.


14 posted on 10/20/2018 6:41:31 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: BenLurkin

“Bastard Boom”

Perfect.


15 posted on 10/20/2018 6:47:02 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!.)
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To: marshmallow

Japan ???? Last I read it was just 2% !


16 posted on 10/20/2018 6:52:09 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I have a question about your definition of a single parent family with a woman as head of household. Do you include a woman whose husband died and she did not remarry? Do you include a woman whose husband abandoned the family or is your designation for a single parent someone who bore a child out of wedlock but continued to raise the child on her own?


17 posted on 10/20/2018 7:00:12 PM PDT by heylady
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To: heylady

Just make sure paternity is established at birth. The births would go down if abortion was illegal. They’d be a whole lot less out of wedlock sex.


18 posted on 10/20/2018 7:07:22 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: heylady
Of course the death of the husband is a special situation.I didn't specifically refer to it because I assumed that that was understood.

As for abandonment...yes,that happens.And my hunch is that such an event usually speaks poorly about the man.IOW,there are times when the man is largely,if not entirely,responsible for such a bad situation.

To speak bluntly...there are far too many women in this country today who are willing to "give it up" with the expectation of getting that golden welfare check every month.And there are also far too many men who are willing to deceive a woman who wants a normal life but find out,too late,that they've been conned.And there are women whose husbands die young,as you mentioned.

19 posted on 10/20/2018 7:20:06 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: marshmallow

In NYC, about 75% of black children are born out of wedlock. I’m thinking that raises this average of 40% given for general stats.


20 posted on 10/20/2018 7:28:19 PM PDT by EinNYC
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