Be fruitful and Multiply

OK, I do not plan to post a blog about every article I read, but this one is crazy. A FoxNews article that you can read here notes that birth rates are on the increase in the US, at there highest level since 1961 (end of the baby boom). One of the major reasons for this increase, according to the article, is that we have a growing Hispanic population that has a higher fertility rate than the US. Hispanics accounted for one-quarter of the US births. It also noted that non-hispanic white and other ethnic groups are seeing increases.
What are the other reasons mentioned for the increase: a decline in contraceptive use, a drop in access to abortions, poor education and poverty. Come on...are these really the only legitimate reasons that could come up with? I know I live in a bubble, but I know a lot of younger families who are having a lot of kids, and it is not because they are lazy, stupid and poor without access to abortions. They actually love kids! What a concept. These days a 3 kid family is the new 2 kid family, 4 kids are the new 3, and so on. We have friends with 4, 5 and 6 kids... and they are mostly college educated couples who can support themselves. What do you think?

1/21/08 Update:
I just read a related article on Fox News.com, you can link to it here, that reports abortions are down to there lowest levels in 30 years. It notes that still 1 in 5 pregnancies ends in abortion. 1 in 5!!!! Does that shock anyone else...or course the states with the highest abortion rates are DC, NY, NJ, DE, FL, MD and CA. Contrary to the first article I mentioned at the top of this post, it doesn't sound like the access to abortions have decreased, just the number of people having abortions.