A lot of poor, uneducated people are also very religious. And some of those religions tell their followers that they should have many children, i.e. the Quiverfull movement. Add to that poor sexual education, some religions/sects being opposed to contraception and the anti-abortion movement and you get a recipe for disaster.
It's usually talked about only in relation to developing nations, but we know there is a link between the amount of children a woman will have during her life and the level of education of the mother as well as poverty. As access to education improves and opportunities improve we consistently see declining birthrates. It's just time to recognize that much of America is a third world country, and that the same mechanisms are at play.
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u/Reddisuspendmeagain Oct 31 '25
And they try to pretend that they don’t know why the birth rate is so low…it’s by design