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Machine Lord Zero 11h ago

It's weird seeing news reports like "The population growth rate is slowing. What could be the cause?"
LONG WORK HOURS FOR FUCK ALL PAY. GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TERRORISING PEOPLE. FUCKING ABYSMAL CONDITIONS FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING.
THEY HEAP SALT UPON THE LAND AND QUESTION THE LACK OF NEW GROWTH.

greenpepper22 10h ago

@MachineLordZero I also remember seeing a study that teenage pregnancy is at an all time low and that contributes to it as well

Wanna also be clear, major reductions in teen pregnancy is a good thing and not something to panic about or blame anyone about

@greenpepper22 @MachineLordZero

The leading predictor for poverty as a senior citizen is pregnancy as a teenager.

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/bad-news-about-declining-teen-pregnancy-rates/584500/

Anything that interrupts a child's education is a predictor.

https://www.wired.com/story/argentina-algorithms-pregnancy-prediction/

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/three-simple-rules-poor-teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/

https://ufhealth.org/stories/2017/teen-birth-hot-spots-identified-despite-overall-decline-in-u-s-teen-pregnancy

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/harvard-study-shows-exactly-how-poverty-impacts-childrens-success/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1521693410000313

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4653097/

The Bad News About Declining Teen-Pregnancy Rates

Declining rates of adolescent pregnancy come with a catch.

The Atlantic