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Americans had fewer babies last year than in any year since the 1970s, even though we have more women of childbearing age than at any time in our history. The result is the lowest birth rate in American history, a collapse of more than 25% since 2007.
After years of denying or ignoring this Baby Bust (and after decades of trying to scare us about overpopulation), the major media is trying to come to terms with this problem: Americans aren’t getting married as much as they want or as early as they want, and they haven’t been having as many children as they want.
The consequence will
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