It's not unusual for the birth rate to decline in a bad economy. But
what has baffled some is the fact that even before last year's full-on
Wall Street meltdown, a fall-off in the number of pregnancies had already begun.
Was
this some kind of parents-to-be intuition? Are fertile couples to
recessions like small pets to the moments just before an earthquake --
that is, skiddish and panicky and diving for cover?
No.
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