someonesomewhere Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29765905/...More U.S. babies entered the world in 2007 than any other year in the nation's history, even surpassing the number of deliveries during the height of the baby boom that followed World War II, according to federal data released Wednesday....The U.S. birth rate for teenagers 15 to 17 years old rose in 2007 by about 1 percent, to 22.2 births per 1,000 girls, according to the data from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....In 2007, general fertility rates increased in all racial groups by 1 percent, to 69.5 births per 1,000 women age 15 to 44, the highest level since 1990....$28.5 million dollars has been set aside in the stimulus bill President Obama signed into law for the DoE to study the issue and find out what is causing all the births. The program has been dubbed Fertility of Underage Children and Kids, Education Department, Uniform Practices....As the economic recession continues, the rising birth rates may not last, experts say.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustaTexan Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 $28.5 million dollars has been set aside in the stimulus bill President Obama signed into law for the DoE to study the issue and find out what is causing all the births. Do we really need 28.5 mil to figure that one out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Texas people think alike...Come on - let's put that money somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustaTexan Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Texas people think alike...Come on - let's put that money somewhere else.You're right-they can pay me the 28.5 million and I'll explain the birds and the bees to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Maybe the teens are taking after Palin's daughter. She did have a personal interview when Grandma Palin decided to interrupt it to throw in her little 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadokeeper Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 OMG for real it is call alot of free time the internet and Porn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 OMG for real it is call alot of free time the internet and Porn......so what have you been up to today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadokeeper Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Well i have been Sudoku ing, my kind do not propigate the speciesin that way lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someonesomewhere Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 OK, confession time. I fibbed. I made up this quote from the story.$28.5 million dollars has been set aside in the stimulus bill President Obama signed into law for the DoE to study the issue and find out what is causing all the births. The program has been dubbed Fertility of Underage Children and Kids, Education Department, Uniform Practices.It's not true. There's no $28.5 million set aside for the Schtupp Study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldbug Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I'm don't judge anyone, but is this supposed to be a good thing? 40%!!UNWED MOTHERSBut some of that boom is being absorbed by single mothers.In 2007, births to unwed mothers hit a record high of nearly 40 percent, continuing a rising trend that has likely been fueled by a lessening of the stigma on single parenthood, said Dr. Bachtel."We've seen some phenomenal growth rates in births to unwed mothers," Dr. Bachtel said. "It's become kind of socially acceptable."More than three-quarters of those unmarried mothers were over age 20, an improvement over decades ago, according to the report. In 1975, teenage mothers made up more than half of all nonmarital births.For teens age 10 to 17 in Tennessee, the number of births actually held steady at 11.1 live births per 1,000 women.Still, Dr. David Adair, a high-risk pregnancy specialist in Chattanooga, noted that a rash of high-profile teen pregnancies, such as the 2007 pregnancy of Britney Spears' then-16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn, makes motherhood seem more acceptable for teens."That's unfortunate, because teen births have an enormous amount of complications," he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jq26 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Its a horrifying #. And I don't think the article made it out to be a good thing. I think the "improvement" cited is that at least the age of the unwed moms has risen a bit. The only thing worse than an unwed 16yr old mom is an unwed 14 yr old mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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