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US Birth Rate Falls 4% in 2020 across All Age Groups, including a 7.8% Decline among Teens

US Birth Rate Falls 4% in 2020 across All Age Groups, including a 7.8% Decline among Teens

In 2020, the world’s first year of living dangerously with Covid, a smaller share of Americans had children than in the year prior. Most of this birth rate fall was part of the ongoing trend toward decline that has been underway

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Elizabeth Gregory April 10, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Slut Limbaugh and the Virgin Queen

What better state to play out reproductive political battles in than the only one named for a woman’s hymenal status. That’d be Virginia – named for the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth the First of England. Funny, maybe, but more importantly a

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Elizabeth Gregory March 9, 2012 birth control, birth timing, contraception, fertility, maternal activism, women and economics, women and politics, women's education, women's suffrage, women's work No Comments Read more

Remember Mama?

This piece appeared first on Huffington Post Motherhood changed utterly on the day after Mother’s Day 1960. That’s when the FDA approved the birth control pill for general use, and women at long last could become mothers by choice rather

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Elizabeth Gregory May 6, 2009 mother's day, women and politics No Comments Read more

Ready or Not?

Here’s a piece from earlier this year: Ready or Not? What do Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama have in common? They all began their families at relatively advanced ages. Hillary was 32 when she had Chelsea in 1980,

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Elizabeth Gregory September 22, 2008 later motherhood, redefining women's work, women and politics 1 Comment Read more

Generating: Birth Timing, Gingerbread and Girl Talk

Greetings from my world of gingerbread and travel arrangements. Thanks for stopping by the blog in the midst of all the holiday hubbub. My house was full of kids yesterday, ranging in age from 2 to 10. Friends came by

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Elizabeth Gregory December 22, 2007 birth timing, later motherhood, pop cultural moms, redefining women's work, work/life balance No Comments Read more

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