Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Marc Siegel made some eyebrow-raising comments lamenting that birth rates are down among teenagers aged 15 to 19.

On Thursday, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that the U.S. fertility rate fell to another record low. The agency reported that the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age declined from 53.8 in 2024 to 53.1 last year. The latest figure represents a continuation of a decades-long decline in fertility rates.

Siegel joined Friday’s edition of America’s Newsroom, where Dana Perino said that while the continuing trend is not surprising, “the numbers might feel a little shocking.”

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    19 hours ago

    “Pedophilia has been trending downward since epstien files were mentioned…”

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      17 hours ago

      Mi get the sentiment, but this is much more likely due to teenagers smartening up about sex with other teenagers.

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        16 hours ago

        Remember when they said that sex ed would increase teen pregnancies? And now they’re low enough, because of sex ed, that they have to tell kids how fun it is to fuck without condoms