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Birth control is booming. With the financial hardships families are experiencing, there is an upturn in birth control, and parents are deciding their families are big enough. I’m not talking about the use of condoms or birth control pills, I’m talking more permanent measures such as vasectomies, which has seen a drastic increase since November of 2008, and ironically enough, October of 2008 was one of Wall Street’s worst months in history.
This is an uncertain time, and there is not light at the end of the birth canal. Men are more willing to do something more permanent. Even though vasectomies can be reversed, the thought of your faculties being messed with while they are numb is not a pleasantry.
Other forms of birth control are up as well. Minneapolis is right in the middle compared to other states. Specifically, Minnesota’s fertility rate, which counts 1,000 women aged 15-44, is at 64.5. The highest being 79.5 in Arizona (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763849.html)
Another reason parents are reconsidering bigger families in this economy is what the price of college tuition will cost twenty years from now. In twenty years, the cost of tuition for a private school will cost just under $75,000, and public school tuition will be just under $25,000 (www.thinkfinancial.com).
There is no indication the economy is on an upswing. Unemployment in Minnesota is still at 7.1%. It’s better than 8.1%, which is what it was in April of this year, but still in dire straits.
I do believe the world works in mysterious ways, and the poor economy is one way of lessening the birthrate, which in turn, lessens the global footprint that is making the world a worse place for our kids. Another reason not to have children; who knows what shape the Earth will be in twenty years from now.
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