Fox News Doc Says Not Enough ’15 to 19′ Year-Olds Are Having Kids: ‘The Fertility Is Down’
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Fox News medical contributor Marc Siegel made some eyebrow-raising comments lamenting that birth rates are down among teenagers aged 15 to 19.

Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Marc Siegel made some eyebrow-raising comments lamenting that birth rates are down among teenagers aged 15 to 19.

On Thursday, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that the U.S. fertility rate fell to another record low. The agency reported that the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age declined from 53.8 in 2024 to 53.1 last year. The latest figure represents a continuation of a decades-long decline in fertility rates.

Siegel joined Friday’s edition of America’s Newsroom, where Dana Perino said that while the continuing trend is not surprising, “the numbers might feel a little shocking.”

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 days ago

      I am a little confused why everyone is forgetting that teens have sex with other teens. >.>

      It’s not creepy for an 18 year old to have sex with an 18 year old.

      • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I didn’t forget, but it is old white men hyper about this, and considering how many old white men are creepy around teens, suddenly being interested in them getting pregnant is extremely creepy.

        Teens will always have sex, sure, although many fewer are as compared to previous decades. I’m not so worried about them.

        Also… do we REALLY want teens getting pregnant?

          • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 day ago

            Blocked. I don’t fuck around with white supremacist bullshit.

            In brief, the people I’m talking about ARE almost all old white men. It just shows who you are that you leap to defend them.

            • ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              13 hours ago

              That is projection on your part as I am in no way defending that group, more pointing out that is not exclusive to one race or another and calling it out like you did is just racist. Calling out the sociopaths and psychopaths who tend to get into leadership positions is what we need to do and not an entire group of people most of which are just living there lives peacefully. People who are behaving horribly need to be brought to justice, all of them, regardless of race as they are in every single race and are THE thorn in the backside of humanity.