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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by toomuchtodo on Friday June 12, 2020 @03:40PM (#23502900)
True, but there's not that many as a percentage of their age cohort [1], and egg/embryo freezing combined IVF is no guarantee you can carry a fetus to term [2]. Maybe you can afford a surrogate (~$30k-120k depending on the arrangements), but the math continues to work against you as you age. This is the unfortunate medical reality, that you can buy possibilities but not guarantees. The amount of wealth you need to "hack" a family together (biologically and a support system after birth) in older age is significant.

[1] https://socwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fact_2-2010-...

[2] https://www.cdc.gov/art/artdata/index.html

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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by eigenvalue on Friday June 12, 2020 @03:42PM (#23502934)
Not only that, but your risk of having a child with autism supposedly increases by more than 3x.
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