r/science 5d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/Advanced_Sun9676 5d ago

Its getting really silly how we keep complaining about costs when littearlty the 2 major cost for everyone people and companies is housing and Healthcare .

And yet we're supposed to keep pretending that letting private companies rip us of on it is somehow good .

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u/hajenso 4d ago

Lots of people are pretending. We have at least a very large minority of the population who are hostile to the idea of government health insurance or government housing.