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IbogaProject

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24. Yes less teen births is good

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:26 PM

Apr 16

And a society benefits as the average age of first birth moves into the 20s somewhere. This result is the success of contraception and the access to basic sex education. Plus informed social media like some of the better SubReddits where our smarter youth are making sure their peers know the phycical risks of early age births and the attendant issues of trying to raise one's self along with a kid in our late capitalist social hellscape. The issue we face being on the educated end of the spectrum is that many conservative religious sects across many faiths are out breeding the rationalists.

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It's so creepy that these people see major declines in teen pregnancy as a bad thing. [View all] applegrove Apr 15 OP

But then they would shame teenagers for having sex outside of marriage EdmondDantes_ Apr 15 #1

The drop in birth-rates is a crisis worldwide MadameButterfly Apr 15 #7

We need to figure it out because you can't have infinite population growth EdmondDantes_ Apr 15 #18

Yes, but I'm talking about populations going down MadameButterfly Apr 16 #31

Of course, the concern is the decrease in the white birthrate. J_William_Ryan Apr 15 #2

Coming soon. Marcuse Apr 15 #21

God damn it,... magicarpet Apr 16 #27

Lebensborn DBoon Apr 15 #3

If she wants to talk about "an existential threat to humanity" ... perfessor Apr 15 #4

I'm a ZPG fan Another Jackalope Apr 16 #25

I'm sure that GOPers are upset Mad_Machine76 Apr 15 #5

Translation: "WE NEED MORE WHITE BABIES!" Wednesdays Apr 15 #6

Further translation: "AGE OF CONSENT IS TOO HIGH!" durablend Apr 15 #15

Well that's just math. Iggo Apr 15 #22

I'm outraged and baffled Vogon_Glory Apr 15 #8

Yes less teen births is good IbogaProject Apr 16 #24

Katie is such a hypocrite mgardener Apr 15 #9

People should grow up before having babies, legal or not. twodogsbarking Apr 15 #10

These people... skypilot Apr 15 #11

What we need right now... purr-rat beauty Apr 15 #12

Mother Earth is quite happy with negative birth rates and is probably working on her own way to shake us off ;) n/t Cheezoholic Apr 15 #13

The planet doesn't care if there are humans on it or not. We do. Another Jackalope Apr 16 #28

100% project 2025 Nigrum Cattus Apr 15 #14

There is a correlation between higher multigraincracker Apr 15 #19

Make America as uneducated, dumb, ill read, and as stupid as trDUMP. magicarpet Apr 16 #30

They want kids to have kids. But why do immigrant kids need to leave? IronLionZion Apr 15 #16

Skin color. Iggo Apr 15 #23

More debt is not the only result of tax breaks for the rich. Festivito Apr 15 #17

I said, in a related thread, that, in ,y professional pediatric opinion... 3catwoman3 Apr 15 #20

DURec leftstreet Apr 16 #26

They want a new "Baby Scoop" era get the red out Apr 16 #29