Posted on 08/25/2014 8:04:44 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
Too many girls know older girls who’ve been pregnant teens and don’t want to raise their kids that way.
Well, once again illegals immigrants are coming here to do the effort Americans won't do.
Curious when will the studies take in account the coming anchor babies explosion. Recession, IUD, sex ed, abortions will not sway the incoming 'givmedats'. No incentive to not have a child, the gov pay(private sector)pays for all.
Awaiting the results of an updated study a year from now.
I bet some of it is due to the fact that the economy is just so bad that there is always at least one parent home at any given time.
My guess is, it is actually getting through to kids that having children as children just destroys your life. With social media there is pressure being put on kids as never before.
The economy is so bad you can no longer cruise through it. Nobody wants to be a loser, and when you are the unmarried teen at home with a kid and no money in this horrid economy, and everyone knows it though facebook, you are the loser.
” What am I missing, here?”
You didn’t read the article - abortion rates are also falling
I would say that a poor economy means that teens are realizing how expensive kids can be. Plus the teens are staying home with mom and dad till they are much older and hopefully wiser.
Why would falling teens be giving birth? I’m missing a step here.
A disturbing possibility is that this represents an unintentional decline in the fertility rate , not the result of different lifestyle choices or contraceptive use. Unintentional infertility is rising in the demographic where having a child is viewed as a positive age-appropriate decision. Perhaps that is a factor in this younger demographic as well.
Abortion rates are down as well. There are just fewer teens getting pregnant.
Girls are popping Plan B One Step like Skittles. Taste the Rainbow.
I’ve heard arguments that the 16 and Pregnant shows revealing how hard it is really to be a teen parent have had an impact. And that the word about injectable contraceptives is going mainstream - forget about forgetting a birth control pill, just get a shot every three months.
Easy access to Plan B = no ‘recordable’ abortions. I pick up a LOT of prescriptions for my elderly Dad and ‘Plan B’ is RIGHT THERE at the counter.
Pick it up and go. Under $50 to off your kid.
Great article but they missed one thing.The abortion rate in this age group.Having a baby is out of style and the girls like having dogs.
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