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> There was a change that took place in the late 70s it looks like,

Birth control.

And abortion.

That's absurd. Remind me again what the ratio of abortions to pregnancies is?

Almost 1/3 of all pregnancies worldwide are ended via abortion: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion

About 73 million annually worldwide, or roughly equal to the total death toll (civilian and military) of WW2 every single year.

I remember reading that in certain areas/communities in the USA, it's pretty close to 50:50.

And the oil shock.