Luz Portillo, the oldest daughter of Mexican immigrants, has many plans. She is studying to be a skin care expert. She has also applied to nursing school. She works full time, too \u2014 as a nurse\u2019s aide and doing eyelash extensions, a business she would like to grow.<\/p>\n
But one thing she has no plans for anytime soon is a baby.<\/p>\n
Ms. Portillo\u2019s mother had her when she was 16. Her father has worked as a landscaper for as long as she can remember. She wants a career and more control over her life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t get pregnant, I can\u2019t get pregnant,\u201d she said she tells herself. \u201cI have to have a career and a job. If I don\u2019t, it\u2019s like everything my parents did goes in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n "\u201cThe story here is about young women, whose births are plummeting,\u201d said Caitlin Myers, an economist at @Middlebury<\/a> who analyzed county-level birth records… \u201cAll of a sudden, in the last 10 years, there\u2019s this tremendous transformation.\u201d"https:\/\/t.co\/YTH4HhZy6S<\/a><\/p>\n — Elise Shanbacker (@lizziellen) June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n