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IbogaProject

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24. Yes less teen births is good
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:26 PM
4 hrs ago

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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But then they would shame teenagers for having sex outside of marriage EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #1
The drop in birth-rates is a crisis worldwide MadameButterfly Yesterday #7
We need to figure it out because you can't have infinite population growth EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #18
Yes, but I'm talking about populations going down MadameButterfly 2 min ago #31
Of course, the concern is the decrease in the white birthrate. J_William_Ryan Yesterday #2
Coming soon. Marcuse 22 hrs ago #21
God damn it,... magicarpet 3 hrs ago #27
Lebensborn DBoon Yesterday #3
If she wants to talk about "an existential threat to humanity" ... perfessor Yesterday #4
I'm a ZPG fan Another Jackalope 4 hrs ago #25
I'm sure that GOPers are upset Mad_Machine76 Yesterday #5
Translation: "WE NEED MORE WHITE BABIES!" Wednesdays Yesterday #6
Further translation: "AGE OF CONSENT IS TOO HIGH!" durablend 23 hrs ago #15
Well that's just math. Iggo 22 hrs ago #22
I'm outraged and baffled Vogon_Glory Yesterday #8
Yes less teen births is good IbogaProject 4 hrs ago #24
Katie is such a hypocrite mgardener 23 hrs ago #9
People should grow up before having babies, legal or not. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #10
These people... skypilot 23 hrs ago #11
What we need right now... purr-rat beauty 23 hrs ago #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 23 hrs ago #13
The planet doesn't care if there are humans on it or not. We do. Another Jackalope 3 hrs ago #28
100% project 2025 Nigrum Cattus 23 hrs ago #14
There is a correlation between higher multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #19
Make America as uneducated, dumb, ill read, and as stupid as trDUMP. magicarpet 3 hrs ago #30
They want kids to have kids. But why do immigrant kids need to leave? IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #16
Skin color. Iggo 21 hrs ago #23
More debt is not the only result of tax breaks for the rich. Festivito 23 hrs ago #17
I said, in a related thread, that, in ,y professional pediatric opinion... 3catwoman3 22 hrs ago #20
DURec leftstreet 3 hrs ago #26
They want a new "Baby Scoop" era get the red out 3 hrs ago #29
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