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Fox News doc says not enough ’15 to 19′ year-olds are having kids: ‘The fertility is down’ (www.mediaite.com)

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Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Marc Siegel made some eyebrow-raising comments lamenting that birth rates are down among teenagers aged 15 to 19.

On Thursday, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that the U.S. fertility rate fell to another record low. The agency reported that the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age declined from 53.8 in 2024 to 53.1 last year. The latest figure represents a continuation of a decades-long decline in fertility rates.

Siegel joined Friday’s edition of America’s Newsroom, where Dana Perino said that while the continuing trend is not surprising, “the numbers might feel a little shocking.”

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[-] LilRed@lemmy.org 4 points 3 days ago

You must be joking if you think "I genuinely don't understand why the oligarchs are mad kids aren't having babies..."

Honestly I'm concerned just why that's the age range the "Oligarchs" are specifically calling out, not having enough babies. All I'm saying is, why is it up to the kids, and not the adults who have JOBS and MENTAL stability.

And I'll go back on my first sentence, WHO in their right mind, in 2026, is like "Yeah, the economy is in such a great place today, that I think I'll raw dog my wife until she becomes pregnant, and in 9 months I'll dish out thousands of dollars just for her to birth a child, and then dish out even more thousands of dollars for doctor bills, diapers, formula, etc. And that's just their infancy. Ok. Not everyone is financially stable to raise a child, even as a full grown adult. And not everyone is mentally stable, to raise a child.

But we're wondering why the kids aren't having kids.

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