Birth Rates Continue to Plummet

"Where have all the babies gone?
We're sure not making 'em like we used to -- and now, our birth rate has reached a dramatic new low, falling 2.6 percent to 13.5 live births for every 1,000 people last year, according to alarming new numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics.
That's the second straight year of decline and the lowest rate in recorded U.S. history.
"Experts" blame the recession, but that's just a small part of the picture -- because we haven't exactly been squeezing out babies with vigor for decades now. In fact, our birth rate is now nearly half of what it was in the mid-1950s, when it peaked at 25.3 live births per 1,000 people.
By the end of the so-called baby boom in 1964, we had 21.4 live births per 1,000 people... which then slipped down to 18.4 per 1,000 in 1970, and 14.7 by 2000.
The so-called experts say they expect birth rates to "recover" in a couple of years with the economy and who knows -- maybe it'll briefly swing up a point or so. But the long-term numbers are all aimed in one direction: Down, down and down -- and this form of downsizing has zippo to do with the economy.
With sperm counts down 50 percent over 50 years, more men are shooting blanks than ever before. In another 50, men who can still produce might be treated like prized bulls, with people bringing their women from miles around for mating sessions. The mainstream might act like this is some big puzzle -- if they even acknowledge it at all -- but there's no mystery here. All you need to do is look at the one thing we all share: Our water.
It's loaded with chemicals, drugs and enough sex-change hormones that male frogs and fish are spontaneously turning into females. It's tainted beyond repair, and not necessarily by accident.
Far-fetched conspiracy theory? I thought so too... until I did some digging. I blew the lid off this scandal in a special report, and if you subscribe to The Douglass Report now you can read all about it in my archives. And even if you don't, protect yourself and your family by installing a reverse-osmosis filter on your home."
-William Campbell Douglass II, M.D

So Dr. Douglass attributes the plummeting rates to our tap water. I agree it does have a lot to do with reproductive issues. However, I believe he left out a very important point, and that point is abortion.
As of last year there were approximately 1,200,000+ (per year) abortions according to the CDC and Planned Parenthood.
I did notice those numbers are down from 1990 when abortions were at a rate of 1,600,000+ for that year.

One baby is aborted every 26 seconds.

137 babies are aborted every hour.

3,304 babies are aborted every day.

23,196 babies are aborted every week.

100,516 babies are aborted every month.

I would have to say that puts a pretty BIG dent in the potential live births per year and definitely contributes to the birth rate plunge as well.