I think you address a very salient point vis-a-vis birth control. There are many women who otherwise would be bounded to natural reproductive cycles that have created a never before seen phenomenon in society, and that is the childless self-sufficient woman. This leads to lower future-time orientation in the population since consumption is not compounding as fast as if it were directed towards progeny. Society becomes more self-serving as a necessary effect, with accompanying lower moral standards to boot, eg The Kardashian Effect.