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   Kat O’Brien (obrien_kat@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 01:02:09 JST Kat O’Brien

   As fertility rates drop in the U.S., Catherine Rampell explores some reasons people have fewer kids than they say they want in the U.S. Among the reasons: the U.S. is 1 of 3 countries with no mandatory paid maternity leave, expensive healthcare and childcare, poor reproductive care access (some lowlights below).
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/01/fertility-rates-record-low-reproductive-care/
   #policy #kids #pregnancy

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 01:03:10 JST Joe Ortiz

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     @obrien_kat I have a few female friends that got married over the past decade whose weddings I have went to and they told me having no plans of having children at all is the best move, and it's because of the very uncertain landscape plus the fact that healthcare is basically junk and mothers are treated badly among other reasons.

     I really don't blame them for not having children and it's only going to grow as time goes on.