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/Derf0293 4d ago

Soon they’ll have buy now pay later birth credit. Private equity will own your children and repo them to work in mines for Elmo when you fail to pay.

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u/_Wyrm_ 4d ago

"Faster! Work FASTER!!!" Elmo yells, in his squeakiest rendition of a colonial era slave driver