Birth trends: Nonmarital births to women under 30 increasing

Published: Sunday, May 20 2012 3:56 p.m. MDT

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While most mothers are married when they have children, 4 in 10 babies were born outside of marriage in 2009, the continuation of a steep increase in nonmarital childbearing that began around 1970. It's a 46 percent jump in the past 20 years.

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sjgf

South Jordan, UT

@A Scientist:

Let me just scratch the tip of this iceberg:

1) Until the late 1950's, early 60s, prayers were allowed in schools. Then some amoral group of Supreme Court Justices found out that after nearly 200 years of More..

10:31 a.m. May 21, 2012
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sjgf

South Jordan, UT

I believe that most women want a certain level of security before taking on the responsibility of motherhood.

In ancient times (before 1970, or so), this meant that she needed to get married and do her best to encourage her breadwinner to More..

10:12 p.m. May 20, 2012
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A Scientist

Provo, UT

The USA is NOT becoming more amoral and socialistic!

Where do you people get such nonsense?

7:34 a.m. May 21, 2012
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Lois M. Collins

Lois M. Collins is a reporter and columnist for the Deseret News. While she writes primarily on health and family issues for the national and news sections, she also writes a biweekly column and her work appears often in more ..

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