Oh and one reason for a lower birth rate is that women are inhaling drugs like crystal meth or they drink during the pregnancy and that can result in miscarriages. So not being well-educated about neo-natal care is also a contributing factor for lower birth rates. I would not blame that on the "women's lib".
Or not having access to it as the current Republican congress and senate would like. I know many poor women who will have nothing once Medicare and Planned Parenthood are cut. Of course the republicans will give some minor funding to children's health care just for cover sake but they will hate doing it.
The impending death of John McCain will have devastating effects for our future as a nation. Women particularly will be the victims.
One thing I do blame on "women's lib"....
In a rush to embrace outlandish ideas and ridiculous solutions they have driven away mainstream women. Let me give you an example. The outcry against the Roman Catholic church for not ordaining female priests has driven a big sector of our population into the republican camp. The women's movement has allowed itself to be lumped together with the LGBT movement, the pro-abortion crowd and affirmative action. It has looked down its nose at stay-at-home moms for decades. What they got for pandering to these distractions is startling realization that 60% of white women voted for trump. And all of those issues land right in the laps of those claiming leadership in the so-called women's movement.
There is a really strong woman's movement in the US today. It is called "conservatism". Women are turning to traditional values and behaviors in increasing numbers. Look at churchgoers for example:
-The typical U.S. Congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female, 39% male. This gender gap shows up in all age categories.
-On any given Sunday there are 13 million more adult women than men in America’s churches.
-This Sunday almost 25 percent of married, churchgoing women will worship without their husbands.
-Midweek activities often draw 70 to 80 percent female participants.
Look at this number:
In the United States, for example, women are more likely than men to say religion is “very important” in their lives (60% vs. 47%), according to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey. American women also are more likely than American men to say they pray daily (64% vs. 47%) and attend religious services at least once a week (40% vs. 32%).1
Look at that. For of 10 women attend church at least once a week! I wonder what the number is who attend occasionally but still find it important. 64% of women are praying daily.
Who cares? The republican party does. It is right in their wheelhouse. And so effectively, I might add, that the white ones voted for Trump in unprecedented numbers. Trump! They did not vote FOR Trump they voted AGAINST the perceived liberalism of the democrats.
Did you hear anything about this in the mainstream media? Nope. Not much anyway. Does the MSM report "to" Christians? Nope. They run from even the suspicion of that like a house on fire.
I pay attention to women as any good conservative does. And the message I hear coming from them is not the leftish one that the women's movement is selling.