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Is Less Sex or More Abortion to Blame for Fall in U.S. Birth Rate?

Birth Rate Falls

Pew says the U.S. birth rate has dropped 8 percent. Is the reason more abortions, more birth control, or less sex? By Kent Sepkowitz.

Kent Sepkowitz
Kent Sepkowitz
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Kent Sepkowitz

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