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ancianita

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8. Amen, amen!

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Mon May 25, 2026, 04:07 PM

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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All [View all] ancianita Yesterday OP

Even if I were inclined to have wanted kids, FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #1

Totally understandable. Yours is the same reason my youngest son refuses to ever have children. ancianita Yesterday #2

Yep. I felt that way 45 years ago. Auggie 23 hrs ago #3

The reason for so few babies is that people can now plan their families and avoid unwanted pregnancies. Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #4

Maybe to some extent, but hope or no hope for the near future seems to matter greatly Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #6

We had our two sons when Bill Clinton was President. We wouldn't do so now, were we young enough to do so. NNadir 23 hrs ago #5

Understood. Were I young I'd note the international numbers and seriously consider doing the same. ancianita 22 hrs ago #11

I have always told right to lifers randr 22 hrs ago #7

Amen, amen! ancianita 22 hrs ago #8

George Carlin's description of pro-forced birthers, oops, right-to-lifers: niyad 22 hrs ago #10

I was very fortunate to come of age when The Pill was becoming niyad 22 hrs ago #9

It takes two incomes in many cases just to pay for rent, car, living expenses. Diamond_Dog 22 hrs ago #12

I think AI is in the background, being used for jobs humans used to do, men included. Though AI will never surpass human ancianita 21 hrs ago #13

My grandson decided at the age of twenty-two that he was never going to have kids. Aristus 21 hrs ago #14

It is because women now have a choice to say "no" to men and their institutions. valleyrogue 20 hrs ago #15

yup Skittles 18 hrs ago #16

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