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How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the "Traditional Family" They Claim to Treasure
The greatest threat to the American family is economic stress -- and the modern-day Republicans and social conservatives who preach family values are the ones who have done the most to imperil the American family. From union-busting and the outsourcing of jobs to developing countries and opposing universal health care, social conservatives have not only endangered the American middle class -- they have also made it increasingly hard to raise a "traditional" family.
During the summer of 2009, the Guttmacher Institute surveyed 947 fertile women (1834 years of age) with annual incomes under $75,000. Guttmacher reported that because of the economic downturn, 44 percent of the women surveyed wanted to reduce or delay their childbearing -- and 64 percent agreed with the following statement: With the economy the way it is, I cant afford to have a baby right now. That 64 percent increased to 77 percent among the women who had annual household incomes under $25,000.
More: How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the "Traditional Family" They Claim to Treasure | Reproductive Justice | AlterNet
It is the economy that has had the biggest impact on family structure.
My dad had a High School education and worked for the phone company for 40 years. On that blue collar salary, he was able to buy a 2000 sq ft house on an acre of land, raise four kids and send them all to college
All without my mother having to work
Today, kids are raised in daycare centers. Both spouses have to work to be able to qualify to buy a home. Families put off having children and go into debt to pay for their education.
The decline of the middle class has resulted in the biggest change in our family structure
Conservatives have destroyed
How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the "Traditional Family" They Claim to Treasure
The greatest threat to the American family is economic stress -- and the modern-day Republicans and social conservatives who preach family values are the ones who have done the most to imperil the American family. From union-busting and the outsourcing of jobs to developing countries and opposing universal health care, social conservatives have not only endangered the American middle class -- they have also made it increasingly hard to raise a "traditional" family.
During the summer of 2009, the Guttmacher Institute surveyed 947 fertile women (1834 years of age) with annual incomes under $75,000. Guttmacher reported that because of the economic downturn, 44 percent of the women surveyed wanted to reduce or delay their childbearing -- and 64 percent agreed with the following statement: With the economy the way it is, I cant afford to have a baby right now. That 64 percent increased to 77 percent among the women who had annual household incomes under $25,000.
More: How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the "Traditional Family" They Claim to Treasure | Reproductive Justice | AlterNet
