But my doctor did say that female fertility does drop significantly as you get into your 30's.
This is my personal hope, man.
I have heard that fertility starts to drop around 27 (I heard it right around my 27th birthday, which is why I remember). Think I got that from the Globe.
I shudder to imagine my life without contraceptives.
If the world were fair, there'd be a big, old fertility pool. Those of us who didn't need/want it, or no longer needed/wanted whatever of our fertility remains could donate to those in need. Children's fertility would be kept in the pool, until they reached the age of majority.
I forget the name of the organization that did the ad, but I've seen something like it before. Is this some conservative religious thing?
Sort of a weird thing to harp on for a religious organization, though, right? Like, most religions with which I'm familiar don't care if you get married at 50, but they really don't want you having kids before you get married, most of them.
Of course, the only other organization I can think of that would care is, like, the Down Syndrome And Other Mutation Disorders Correlated to Mother's Age At Conception Fund, which, most of the time Down Syndrome organizations focus more on the kisd who are alive tahn the potential kids who might join their ranks.
I'm still amazed that Adrienne Barbeau was able to conceive twins at 51.
Was there medical assistance in the conception, Matt?
Sort of a weird thing to harp on for a religious organization, though, right?
I wish I could remember what it was that I heard about this (it was a while back). But IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers - because if they get too involved in the career track they may not get to have babies later.
I'm probably the most extremely-to-the-right buffista in terms of the abortion issue, and even I'm horrified hearing about what people are doing to that poor girl.
Stands with Matt. I wholeheartedly agree. As JZ and others said before, where was everyone who was supposed to be concerned for her welfare before this happened? No thirteen-year-old child should be forced to carry a baby to term against her will, and the idea that she's going to be used as the center of a new! improved! debate about right to life is criminal.
But my doctor did say that female fertility does drop significantly as you get into your 30's.
This is my personal hope, man.
Right there with you.
IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers
I'm not sure warning the general public that its fertility may decline is the way to go about this, actually. Because, those who don't care about religious doctrine might take the advice and go have kids (some of them potentially out of wedlock!) and raise them to not be religious. How does this help the religious people's goals? I mean, more work for them, right? With more not-religious people to have to worry about.
But IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers - because if they get too involved in the career track they may not get to have babies later.
Are they those Muffin women?
Not to mention if they can't afford 'em.
OK, I think I was wrong - at least about the organization that put up the ad
Protect Your Fertility website, which is produced by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
