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  • India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates

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    New York Times: India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates SATARA, India — Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse’s white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two years before getting pregnant, and the government will thank…

  • U.S. birthrate drops 2 percent in 2008

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    Washington Post: U.S. birthrate drops 2 percent in 2008 After rising to its highest point in two decades, the rate at which women in the United States gave birth declined in 2008 as the economy deteriorated, according to government statistics released Tuesday. The nation's overall birthrate fell 2 percent from 2007 to 2008, when about…