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		lotsofpulp 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US is flirting with its first-ever population ... > TFR was higher when people felt like they had to have kids to survive a harsh world. Coincidentally, TFR was higher when women had to be paired up with a man and have sex without the use of birth control.

knuckleheads 3 days ago [–]

It was declining before the introduction of modern birth control! As well, there were other versions of birth control prior to hormonal birth control, less effective of course, but still practiced with that intent.

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