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Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return
(www.theguardian.com)
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And there were birth rate dips during those times. WWII only caused a baby boom because it ended and all those soldiers came back horny as hell.
The Great Depression caused a massive drop in Birth rates that took years to recover from, and WWII saw big fluctuations in birth rates until it was over.
This hesitation is normal, people don’t want to have kids when the future is uncertain.
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