The Population Reference Bureau has an interesting post about how birth rates drop during challenging economic times. They report that in the United States, total fertility rates dropped to 2.1 during the Great Depression and to 1.7 during the massive inflation of the 1970s (the 1.7 rate is the record low). Do you think that fertility rates will drop? Are you or others you know planning smaller families?
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I am going to put my son up for adoption because I cannot afford it
At our women’s holistic health center, we’ve been seeing more and more women for fertility related issues.
Taking an integrated approach like ours is most effective for conceiving, since diet and stress are major factors that affect a woman’s fertility. Especially during times of economic stress, women’s bodies need more support and nurturing than ever – if more women have access to this approach, then maybe the fertility rates will not have to drop as much due to the recession.
- Jessica Grippo, Counselor
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The biggest problem we have on this planet is too many people. All other probems are merely corollaries. Reduced fertility is the best news we can get.
Here in Mississippi, as I thought true for the U.S. as a whole, the teen pregnancy rate has increased over the last year or so, for the first time in many years. I have not heard any speculation about causes, except that abstinence-only programs are failures. Y’all have any comments about this?