More U.S. Women Are Having Fewer Children, if at All

I found this part very interesting - second-generation Hispanic women are having fewer babies than their foreign-born grandmothers and first-generation American mothers. Certainly the economy plays into these figures but welfare reform and easier access to birth control is likely the key factor here.This study refers to them as "American Women"..are we to assume they are documented? I've seen figures that show the birth rate is high among illegal immigrants.

I don't know how accurate the report is, cause I don't see a shortage of kids at the mall, church, Wmart.
But IMO it's a good trend if it is true.

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Oh you can trust the "Census Bureau"...

I disagree with your first conclusion and agree with your final statement.

Affluence is the key factor behind birth rate. It's happening all over the world.

Europe, Russia, the US ... birth rates are falling as we become wealthier and more selfish. We no longer care about passing down our wealth to our heirs as much, and as 'tribes' go, we don't feel as insecure about our collective futures.

We can live the good life and be assured of a relatively comfortable retirement. Who needs kids and the added expense they bring to your middle age years when you can now pretty well take care of yourself when your old?

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Philosophically I don't believe in any form of artificial birth control (including vasectomy), but some women are like some cats. The concept of 'family' created by having offspring will only slow them down in their pursuit of self gratification. Frankly, I'm glad these women have the option of birth control. If you think about it, in a way these women are contributing more to society by not having children. They either have careers or they are sucking off the expense accounts of dynamic men. They are consumers; they help the economy and don't burden us with orphans or abuse statistics. Welfare moms on the other hand are of two types; they find themselves in a predicament from abuse or lack of skills and get help for a time to bring up their children who would otherwise be a greater burden to us all. Then there's the kind who has children to keep welfare benefits. All kinds of birth control are offered to her to no avail. Because she knows if she can stretch this thing out as long as possible, she can have a free ride to the grave. By the time the children become violent drug addicted teenagers, there are avenues open for additional funding to help with the 'family' education and rehabilitation.
So there are more thugs born than screwed up elites. What do we draw from those statistics?

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Poor people have fewer recreational opportunities, so to make up for it, they spend their free time having sex???

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God is a conservative -

Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."

I would presume the birthrate among illegal women is higher simply because it is harder to get prescription birth control. If a woman is not on the pill, or taking a shot, the odds of getting pregnant go up dramatically.

Is that what they're calling that act these days? I suppose times change. In my day, they called it giving a Lewinsky.

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Well at least we have some areas of agreement. My wife and I only wanted two children and that's what we got,we have a son and a daughter. Both are college grads and very successful! They were never a burden during our middle years..in fact..they both paid for their own college education. We only paid for book fees,they worked and paid for all the rest..

I don't think we were selfish by only wanting to replace ourselves we just never wanted to raise a baseball team. A buddy of mine wanted just that..a baseball team! Their marriage dissolved after their 8th child..

My religion is in opposition to birth control but most of my brethern pay no attention to the church's position.My wife and I were never faced with that dillema,as stated..we only wanted two children and after the second child my wife had to have her tubes tied for medical reasons.

If parents have the resources to afford a large family so be it. I just don't like paying for deadbeat parents..

I wanted 2, maybe 3. I got one. When she turned 6 I became the primary parent, now that she's 16 ... well, it's been a long and often fulfilling haul.

I'm agnostic, but God Bless you.

My only contention was simply that economic demographics, rather than simpler things like access to birth control was the main factor.

If you're poor making babies makes sense no matter where you live and no matter what the laws. Really, please all of you take more than a few seconds to think about that. What have you, or more importantely they, have to lose?

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