Which is in fact panic that teens are not having enough children, because that's where we have seen big drops...
replyThis whole "panic" seemed weird from the start, but once it becomes clear that it's from the lack of teen pregnancies it takes on an even creepier Epstein-like oddness.
It is entirely possible to believe multiple things at once:
reply1. The drop is fertility is bad for society
2. The drop in teen pregnancy is good, despite it's contributions to 1
3. We should try to fix 1. without undoing 2.
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replyI agree, but I don't think #3 is possible. For a variety of reasons, both biological and societal, the older people get the less likely they are to have kids, and fewer of them.
replyKiryas Joel, New York, has astronomically high fertility, but also extremely low rates of under-18 pregnancy - which proves the combination is possible.
replyFundamentalists, and others who abhor birth control, demonstrate pretty regularly that they have no issue with Teen Pregnancy, but rather unmarried teen pregnancy.
replyThey want married teen pregnancy. By their own admission.
No, it's from the cost of living being so high that people are delaying having kids.
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replyWorldwide the main thing that correlates to having less kids is being more educated. High cost of living correlates with more kids, not less.
replyWorldwide being more educated means higher cost of living. Nowhere in the world is there a country with high cost of living and high birthrates
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