India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world

Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by munificent on Friday June 05, 2026 @09:08PM (#48420372)

> There was a change that took place in the late 70s it looks like,

Birth control.

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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by JCTheDenthog on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:57AM (#48421537)

And abortion.

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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by fc417fc802 on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:05AM (#48422219)

That's absurd. Remind me again what the ratio of abortions to pregnancies is?

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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by chubs on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:49AM (#48422499)

I remember reading that in certain areas/communities in the USA, it's pretty close to 50:50.

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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by JCTheDenthog on Sunday June 07, 2026 @01:12PM (#48436774)

Almost 1/3 of all pregnancies worldwide are ended via abortion: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion

About 73 million annually worldwide, or roughly equal to the total death toll (civilian and military) of WW2 every single year.

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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by g8oz on Saturday June 06, 2026 @01:12PM (#48426919)

And the oil shock.

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