Hekate
Hekate's JournalRight now I know 9 people who are sick or recovering, 8 of them related to me, 1 vaxxed, all LOVED
All loved. 
Because women are not stupid in the face of calamity, & this is a calamity. "Entitled" my elbow
The Great Depression also saw a dip in births. WWII sent a lot of young men away, but that was after the Great Depression had done its part. Many women delayed childbearing if they possibly could, because they could not afford babies.
My generation’s demographic bulge, the Baby Boom, occurred not just because the men came home but because there were jobs for them — lots of union jobs in manufacturing, with good wages.
As for the COVID pandemic, the governmental and societal structures that were fragile and/or rotten have collapsed in front of our eyes. If I were of childbearing age, I’d wait too.
That is my thumbnail sketch of the economics of it. Women are not stupid.
Of course, one “cure” for it is to outlaw abortion and contraception.
“Entitled” my rosy Irish ass.
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