US births break record; 40 pct out-of-wedlock

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/18/09 | Mike Stobbe - ap

[NormsRevenge]

ATLANTA – More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation's history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday.

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The birth rate rose slightly for women of all ages, and births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, continuing a trend begun years ago. More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older.

[pillut48]

Murphy Brown must be proud!
/sarc

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent”.....

Just a hunch....they all voted for OBozo?

[lady lawyer]

No, but their mothers did.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Just a hunch....they all voted for OBozo?

Just a hunch - almost half of them are black or brown.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“No, but their mothers did....”

I’ll bet ACORN got the votes of both.....

[pillut48]

How dare you accuse/profile/label those poor people (who may or may not be in the country legally)?!?! /sarc regardless of facts!

[Tarkus2040]

The number one reason for this article's existence is:

Cultural attitudes may be a more likely explanation. Morgan noted the pregnancy of Bristol Palin, the unmarried teen daughter of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The young woman had a baby boy in December, and plans for a wedding with the father, Levi Johnston, were scrapped.

"She's the poster child for what you do when you get pregnant now," Morgan said.

Taking yet another cheap shot at Sarah Palin by the liberal press! What a shocker. When I think of "culture" and the birth rate, somehow an upper middle class white family doesn't come to mind.

[wac3rd]

Please note, demographics omitted by lying, twisted Liberal media.

[Cicero]

What percentage of these are welfare babies and anchor babies?

[La Lydia]

You get more and more of what you reward.

[Salvation]

**Murphy Brown must be proud!
/sarc**

Margaret Sanger must be proud! /sarc

[Red Badger]

Destruction of the American family and the solidity of moral values is well on its way to complete success in breaking this country down....................

[Red Badger]

You get more and more of what you reward.

Subsidize corn, and you get more corn. Subsidize milk, and you get more milk. Subsidize ethanol, and you get more ethanol. Subsidize poor people, and you get more poor people.............

[pillut48]

No, Margaret would be disappointed all those black/brown babies weren’t enthusiastically murdered in the womb! What a holocaust. *sighs*

[astyanax]

More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older.
In other words, teens account for almost 1/4 of out-of-wedlock births.

[JSDude1]

What this tells me is that in the next 20 years we are going to have to become less urban-suburban and rely on more agriculture! Bring back the family farm.

[Arrowhead1952]

Rush is talking about this now.

[Verginius Rufus]

More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than in any year in the nation's history...

So 2007 is not a year in the nation's history?

[Vaduz]

unwed whores reached an all-time high of about 40 percent