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Fox News doc says not enough ’15 to 19′ year-olds are having kids: ‘The fertility is down’ (www.mediaite.com)
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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.”

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

Don't know how or why you think 2000 years ago were "medieval times" but let me shock you a little bit; we're as close to what you'd call the middle ages as they were 2000 years ago, give or take a few decades.

It is generally agreed that the Early Middle Ages started at the end of the Western Roman Empire and that'd be around 500 AD. The late Middle Ages were between 1300 and 1500 AD and then slowly transitioned into more modern times after the fall of Constantinople and the end of the Eastern Roman Empire. A lot of what you'd think of as "medieval" lingered on throughout the Renaissance and so on into more modern times.

2000 years ago was Classical Antiquity and would remain so for quite some time yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I think it's rare for people to be that precise with things like that. Most will call it Medieval/Middle or Prehistoric, I've never heard anyone say "Classical Antiquity" before in my life until now. I rather use what most people do so they understand quicker, but yeah, in more formal contexts I'd prefer the precision

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