cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45445434
Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Marc Siegel made some eyebrow-raising comments lamenting that birth rates are down among teenagers aged 15 to 19.
On Thursday, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that the U.S. fertility rate fell to another record low. The agency reported that the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age declined from 53.8 in 2024 to 53.1 last year. The latest figure represents a continuation of a decades-long decline in fertility rates.
Siegel joined Friday’s edition of America’s Newsroom, where Dana Perino said that while the continuing trend is not surprising, “the numbers might feel a little shocking.”
I’d even take all of the above minus the hope. I’m not about to wait for a perfect world in order to live life to the fullest.
But I’ll be damned if I ever raise a child in suffering and abject poverty.
That one scene in Seven comes to mind, where the wife asks Morgan Freeman for his advice on whether or not she should bring a child into this world. And I tend to agree with his thoughts on it.