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Mad_Machine76

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5. I'm sure that GOPers are upset

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:12 PM

12 hrs ago

because it means less of them are getting girls pregnant at an age where their fertility is supposedly at its peak.

GOP is never beating those PDFile allegations.

Also, are they confusing fertility rates with birth rates?

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It's so creepy that these people see major declines in teen pregnancy as a bad thing. [View all] applegrove 12 hrs ago OP

But then they would shame teenagers for having sex outside of marriage EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #1

The drop in birth-rates is a crisis worldwide MadameButterfly 12 hrs ago #7

We need to figure it out because you can't have infinite population growth EdmondDantes_ 10 hrs ago #18

Of course, the concern is the decrease in the white birthrate. J_William_Ryan 12 hrs ago #2

Coming soon. Marcuse 9 hrs ago #21

Lebensborn DBoon 12 hrs ago #3

If she wants to talk about "an existential threat to humanity" ... perfessor 12 hrs ago #4

I'm sure that GOPers are upset Mad_Machine76 12 hrs ago #5

Translation: "WE NEED MORE WHITE BABIES!" Wednesdays 12 hrs ago #6

Further translation: "AGE OF CONSENT IS TOO HIGH!" durablend 10 hrs ago #15

Well that's just math. Iggo 9 hrs ago #22

I'm outraged and baffled Vogon_Glory 12 hrs ago #8

Katie is such a hypocrite mgardener 11 hrs ago #9

People should grow up before having babies, legal or not. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #10

These people... skypilot 11 hrs ago #11

What we need right now... purr-rat beauty 11 hrs ago #12

Mother Earth is quite happy with negative birth rates and is probably working on her own way to shake us off ;) n/t Cheezoholic 10 hrs ago #13

100% project 2025 Nigrum Cattus 10 hrs ago #14

There is a correlation between higher multigraincracker 9 hrs ago #19

They want kids to have kids. But why do immigrant kids need to leave? IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #16

Skin color. Iggo 9 hrs ago #23

More debt is not the only result of tax breaks for the rich. Festivito 10 hrs ago #17

I said, in a related thread, that, in ,y professional pediatric opinion... 3catwoman3 9 hrs ago #20