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@DiosaBellissima

The birth rate went down because they are all getting abortions now, duh.

I know you’re posting tongue in cheek, but the year-old post by FinnAgain would seem to cover that:

@FinnAgain

And, no, you are wrong. In fact, you have it exactly backwards. From a preliminary report that actually overestimated the data for 2000:

“The rate of teen childbearing in the United States has fallen steeply since the late 1950s, from an all time high of 96 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1957 to an all time low of 49 in 2000”
And before you object: “Among teens in the United States, at least in recent years, declining birthrates are not the result of more pregnant teens opting to have an abortion.”.