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'Remarkable' Decline in Fertility Rates

posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram:

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.

Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.

The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".

And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @07:56AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @07:56AM (#762993)

    You can dump sperm on any man, by the gallon, and he will never get pregnant.

    Not disagreeing with you in any way, but have you actually tried this?
    You know, FOR SCIENCE

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 17 2018, @10:54AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 17 2018, @10:54AM (#763031) Journal

    I have it on good authority that these acts are performed routinely in Gay Bay, not to mention a number of other cities around the world. Maybe the "by the gallon" is an exaggeration in some cases - but maybe not. You might want to check redtube.