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The teen rate is a “phenomenal decline,” said Dr. Elise Berlan, a physician in the section of adolescent medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Berlan, who did not conduct this research, said the reason she’s so excited is “because we know that the vast majority of teen births are unintended.”

What’s fueling the declines?

“Data [from previous years] really suggests it is access to contraceptives and use of contraceptives that has really led to these kind of changes,” said Berlan, who noted that “most teens are using some form of birth control” and the top method is “the condom, followed by withdrawal and the pill.”

On the flip side, the increase in births to older moms is also important, said Martin.

For women between the ages of 30 and 34, the birth rate increased by 1% over 2015 — the highest rate for this age group since 1964. The birth rate for women who are between 35 and 39 is up 2% over 2015, representing the highest rate since 1962.

Even older women, those between the ages of 40 and 44, showed a swelling increase of 4% over 2015 — the highest rate for this group since 1966, according to the statisticians, while the rate of birth for women who are older than 45 is also a record high though the number of births remains essentially unchanged compared to last year.

Joyce A. Martin, a co-author of the report and lead statistician, also noted the declining rate of nonmarital births — births to people who aren’t legally married — in 2016, which fell 3% compared to the previous year.

The report, first in a new annual series, provided additional vital statistics.

Yes Trump is a **** ing moron and needs to get off twitter, which he won't because he is a psychotic child, but CNN and all MSM media outlets need to get off their high horses. They are all dishonest ratings pushing garbage throwers.

But yes someone needs to slap the phone out of Trump's hand and strap him in a straight jacket tied to a bed.

Yes Trump is a **** ing moron and needs to get off twitter, which he won't because he is a psychotic child, but CNN and all MSM media outlets need to get off their high horses. They are all dishonest ratings pushing garbage throwers.

But yes someone needs to slap the phone out of Trump's hand and strap him in a straight jacket tied to a bed.

In what way, specifically, is the MSM dishonest? There have been very rare stories here and there that were proven false... is there something more than that?

Doesn't anyone here believe the media is playing a large role in the partisan divide of this country through their slanted coverage?

Doesn't anyone here believe the media is playing a large role in the partisan divide of this country through their slanted coverage?

Bannon has told colleagues in the White House that he wants the highest income tax bracket to "have a 4 in front of it," Axios said, based on conversations with unnamed sources.

I'm a consumption taxer as I feel a flat tax hurts those at the bottom far more than those at the top, but stripping down the IRS all the same would be fine in my book.

I'm a consumption taxer as I feel a flat tax hurts those at the bottom far more than those at the top, but stripping down the IRS all the same would be fine in my book.

Sure. You'd have to establish a floor, for folks who wouldn't be taxed. What that would be, of course, would be a point of debate.

Same for consumption tax though. I wouldn't want all things taxed the same. Fruits and vegetables shouldn't be taxed at the same rate as a fancy watch. Needs and wants kind of thing.

“When it comes to emotionally charged, morally contentious decisions, people who self-identify as conservatives tend to make these decisions based on their emotive, intuitive responses to the scenario in question (their gut feelings), whereas those who identify as liberal tend to put gut-feelings aside and make decisions based on an attempt to reason logically and consciously about the scenario,” Sulikowski told PsyPost.

http://www.psypost.org/2017/06/study-pe ... ents-49187

“When it comes to emotionally charged, morally contentious decisions, people who self-identify as conservatives tend to make these decisions based on their emotive, intuitive responses to the scenario in question (their gut feelings), whereas those who identify as liberal tend to put gut-feelings aside and make decisions based on an attempt to reason logically and consciously about the scenario,” Sulikowski told PsyPost.

Also, the study itself is behind a paywall. If anyone wants the PDF, I can e-mail it to you, just PM me your address.