Portugal’s Baby Bust

Monday, 24 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

There’s an interesting story about Portugal on the front page of the Washington Post this morning. Specifically, about the country’s plummeting birthrate. The town profiled has NO resident under the age of 50. Portugal has seen a 14 percent drop in its birthrate since 2008, mostly fueled by the economic fears ricocheting across Europe.