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11-29-2012, 10:35 PM
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The rate of babies born in the United States hit a record low in 2011, a new analysis shows.
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15552211-us-birth-rate-hits-a-record-low?lite
Researchers say the drastic drop in the birth rate among immigrants has greatly contributed to the overall decrease.
Based on preliminary data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Pew Research Center calculated that the overall birth rate — the annual number of births per 1,000 women between 15 to 44 — was 63.2 last year.
That's the lowest since such reliable record collection began in 1920 and close to half the birth rate in 1957, amid the Baby Boom years.
The overall number of births declined 7 percent from 2007 to 2010.
During this period, U.S.-born women saw a 5 percent birth-rate decline, while there was a 13 percent drop in births to immigrants.
The drop was even more dramatic for Mexican immigrant women, at 23 percent.
Despite the recent dip, foreign-born mothers still give birth to a disproportionate share of the nation's newborns, a trend that has persisted over the past two decades.
The birth rate for immigrant women in 2010 was 87.8 per 1,000 births, compared with 58.9 per 1,000 births for American-born women.
And although only 13 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born in 2010, immigrant births accounted for 23 percent of all newborns that year, according to the Pew Research Center.
The report also found that the share of births to unmarried mothers and teen mothers (http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/1133-teen-birth-rate-decreases.html)was higher for U.S.-born women (42 percent and 11 percent, respectively in 2010) than to foreign-born women (36 percent and 5 percent, respectively).
Meanwhile, a higher share of immigrant women gave birth at age 35 and older (21 percent) than did U.S.-born women in that age set (13 percent).
Overall U.S. teen birth rates have declined about 37 percent in the past two decades, according a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in April 2011.
That study found contraceptive use is lowest, while teen childbirth (http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/437-anorexia-women-unplanned-pregancy-101029.html)is highest, among Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks.
Lower contraceptive use may also explain why teens in states with more residents with conservative religious beliefs are also more likely than other teens to give birth.
That study, detailed in the journal Reproductive Health in 2009, found that Mississippi topped the list of conservative religious beliefs and teen birth rates (http://www.livescience.com/5728-teen-birth-rates-higher-highly-religious-states.html).
Researchers with Pew say the cause of the immigrant birth-rate decline, found in the new study, is likely due to changes in behavior, since the composition of immigrants in the U.S. population has not changed during that time period.
A previous report from Pew tied the recent overall birth-rate decline to the recession (http://www.livescience.com/8642-profound-peculiar-caused-recession.html).
Latinos — who make up a large portion of the immigrant population — have been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn, with increasing poverty (http://www.livescience.com/16278-latino-kids-poverty-record.html)and unemployment rates.
Pew researchers said their projections show that by 2050, immigrants arriving since 2005 and their descendants will account for 82 percent of U.S. population growth.
Mississippi's last abortion clinic faces closure
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-28/lifestyle/sns-rt-us-usa-abortion-mississippibre8ar18v-20121128_1_jackson-women-s-health-organization-clinic-owner-diane-derzis-strictest-abortion-laws
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/mississippis-last-abortion-clinic-back-court
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi's sole abortion clinic will have to close unless a federal judge halts a new state law requiring its physicians to obtain admitting privileges to local hospitals, according to a court motion filed on Wednesday.
The Jackson Women's Health Organization renewed its request for a federal judge to prevent state officials from enforcing the law, which the clinic said was an unconstitutional attempt to ban abortion in Mississippi.
Unless the law is blocked, the clinic will be in violation on January 11.
If it's forced to close, Mississippi would be the only state in the country without a single abortion clinic, and women would have to travel to surrounding states to end their pregnancies.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill last Monday imposing new restrictions on the state's sole abortion clinic that could force it to close its doors.
http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4ff1a25469bedda07f00000e/mississippi-governor-phil-bryant.jpg
The rate of babies born in the United States hit a record low in 2011, a new analysis shows.
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15552211-us-birth-rate-hits-a-record-low?lite
Researchers say the drastic drop in the birth rate among immigrants has greatly contributed to the overall decrease.
Based on preliminary data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Pew Research Center calculated that the overall birth rate — the annual number of births per 1,000 women between 15 to 44 — was 63.2 last year.
That's the lowest since such reliable record collection began in 1920 and close to half the birth rate in 1957, amid the Baby Boom years.
The overall number of births declined 7 percent from 2007 to 2010.
During this period, U.S.-born women saw a 5 percent birth-rate decline, while there was a 13 percent drop in births to immigrants.
The drop was even more dramatic for Mexican immigrant women, at 23 percent.
Despite the recent dip, foreign-born mothers still give birth to a disproportionate share of the nation's newborns, a trend that has persisted over the past two decades.
The birth rate for immigrant women in 2010 was 87.8 per 1,000 births, compared with 58.9 per 1,000 births for American-born women.
And although only 13 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born in 2010, immigrant births accounted for 23 percent of all newborns that year, according to the Pew Research Center.
The report also found that the share of births to unmarried mothers and teen mothers (http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/1133-teen-birth-rate-decreases.html)was higher for U.S.-born women (42 percent and 11 percent, respectively in 2010) than to foreign-born women (36 percent and 5 percent, respectively).
Meanwhile, a higher share of immigrant women gave birth at age 35 and older (21 percent) than did U.S.-born women in that age set (13 percent).
Overall U.S. teen birth rates have declined about 37 percent in the past two decades, according a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in April 2011.
That study found contraceptive use is lowest, while teen childbirth (http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/437-anorexia-women-unplanned-pregancy-101029.html)is highest, among Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks.
Lower contraceptive use may also explain why teens in states with more residents with conservative religious beliefs are also more likely than other teens to give birth.
That study, detailed in the journal Reproductive Health in 2009, found that Mississippi topped the list of conservative religious beliefs and teen birth rates (http://www.livescience.com/5728-teen-birth-rates-higher-highly-religious-states.html).
Researchers with Pew say the cause of the immigrant birth-rate decline, found in the new study, is likely due to changes in behavior, since the composition of immigrants in the U.S. population has not changed during that time period.
A previous report from Pew tied the recent overall birth-rate decline to the recession (http://www.livescience.com/8642-profound-peculiar-caused-recession.html).
Latinos — who make up a large portion of the immigrant population — have been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn, with increasing poverty (http://www.livescience.com/16278-latino-kids-poverty-record.html)and unemployment rates.
Pew researchers said their projections show that by 2050, immigrants arriving since 2005 and their descendants will account for 82 percent of U.S. population growth.
Mississippi's last abortion clinic faces closure
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-28/lifestyle/sns-rt-us-usa-abortion-mississippibre8ar18v-20121128_1_jackson-women-s-health-organization-clinic-owner-diane-derzis-strictest-abortion-laws
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/mississippis-last-abortion-clinic-back-court
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi's sole abortion clinic will have to close unless a federal judge halts a new state law requiring its physicians to obtain admitting privileges to local hospitals, according to a court motion filed on Wednesday.
The Jackson Women's Health Organization renewed its request for a federal judge to prevent state officials from enforcing the law, which the clinic said was an unconstitutional attempt to ban abortion in Mississippi.
Unless the law is blocked, the clinic will be in violation on January 11.
If it's forced to close, Mississippi would be the only state in the country without a single abortion clinic, and women would have to travel to surrounding states to end their pregnancies.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill last Monday imposing new restrictions on the state's sole abortion clinic that could force it to close its doors.
http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4ff1a25469bedda07f00000e/mississippi-governor-phil-bryant.jpg