America’s Baby Boom Is Doomed

One of the most trenchant lines from the 2004 film Mean Girls is spoken not by any of the girls but by one of their adult male teachers. “Don’t have sex because you will get pregnant and die,” he shouts, standing in front of a blackboard where the word ABSTINENCE is written in giant capital letters, then circled and underlined for good measure. “Don’t have sex in the missionary position, don’t have sex standing up, just don’t do it, OK, promise?”