I wanted to post this again here as a last comment. I was reading another post in this thread, when someone made a thoughtful and respectful comment. Naturally, inciting the list Neanderthals to jump right in, twisting their small minded logic around what she said and making inane and irrelevant comments. So, here is a repost, and I only put it here because I think it makes an important point both on the original article and as a response to the overwhelming misogyny running rampant here.

"Women can have healthy babies into their forties."
"In addition, women are NOT, for the most part, having kids out of wedlock because they can't find a suitable husband. They are doing it because they either haven't been responsible about birth control, or they simply don't care about finding a father for their child."

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, WRONG!!

Studies over and over have told us time and again that the BEST time for a woman to be pregnant and give birth is from her mid-teens through her mid twenties. After that, her fertility begins to decline until about 40, at which it takes a steep drop. After 40, the chances of a woman getting pregnant, having a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy, and a normal healthy child drop to about 35%. Ever wonder why fertility clinics have become so popular? Even men have a drop in fertility rates after 40, though they still produce enough sperm to get a woman pregnant for many years after.

Between 1991 and 2005 out of wedlock births to teenagers fell 34%. Between 2005 and 2006, there was a modest increase of 3%. However, there has been a 20% increase in unmarried births since 2002, ALMOST ENTIRELY AMONG WOMEN AGED 25-36, WITH LARGEST INCREASE IN WOMEN AGED 26-29 (10%).

You can find this information easily on the official NCHS website sponsored by the CDC. It took me all of 10 minutes to find it.

So, the BIGGEST increase in out of wedlock births is to OLDER women, who, presumably, are tired of waiting around for a decent man and are deciding to have children anyway, before their fertility declines beyond repair. It can also indicate an increase in non-married partnerships that are raising children, but the NCHS does not keep track of that.

However, what is frustrating me the most about the ignorant postings of neanderthals like yourself, GetADog and others, is the COMPLETE BLAME BEING PLACED ON THE FEMALE. It takes TWO to tango, remember? If men feel so victimized by our female child bearing decisions, then why are they out there getting us pregnant? Why is it ENTIRELY the female's responsibility to "keep her legs shut", while absolutely nothing has been said about the male responsibility to "keep it in his pants"?

Can you say: HYPOCRITE!