Uh-oh we've dipped further below "Replacement Level" (babies)

[underpants]

U.S. Births Dip To 30-Year Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further Below Replacement Level

The birthrate fell for nearly every group of women of reproductive age in the U.S. in 2017, reflecting a sharp drop that saw the fewest newborns since 1978, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There were 3,853,472 births in the U.S. in 2017 — "down 2 percent from 2016 and the lowest number in 30 years," the CDC said.

The general fertility rate sank to a record low of 60.2 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 — a 3 percent drop from 2016, the CDC said in its tally of provisional data for the year.

The results put the U.S. further away from a viable replacement rate – the standard for a generation being able to replicate its numbers.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/17/611898421/u-s-births-falls-to-30-year-low-sending-fertility-rate-to-a-record-low

[maxsolomon]

1. Master of War

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

[RandomAccess]

3. +1

[RockRaven]

2. Good

The world is vastly overpopulated and it is endangering the human species. Limiting our per person ecological impact (which we aren't even doing) can't save us from climactic disaster if the global populations keeps growing by billions upon billions.

[Delmette2.0]

7. +1. nt

[pansypoo53219]

12. indeed. i like cemeteries. kids used to die. women died a lot. pesky baby making.

[Atman]

4. When you consider who is having most of the babies...

...is this really a bad thing? Just watch the beginning of ‘Idiocracy’ and you’ll know what I mean.

[Freddie]

5. My daughter's doing her part

Expecting #3 (and last) this fall. She and her husband are smart and liberal too. I had 2 and I can’t imagine 3, they outnumber you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Plus, you don't have enough laps! (You know, for sitting on!)

[X_Digger]

8. Good. n/t

[shanny]

9. Good.

[jpak]

10. ZPG - finally

[smirkymonkey]

11. I think this is a good thing.

I only hope the trend continues worldwide. Empowering women in many third-world countries will go a long way toward achieving this goal. There are too many people in the world.