There were already a couple of clinics in operation, and they seemed to be popular and successful in reducing out-of-wedlock births.

当时已经有几家这样的诊所运营，在降低婚外生育方面很受欢迎，也很有成效。

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In most countries, rising divorce rates coincide with more births out of wedlock and a fall in marriage rates.

在大多数国家，与飙升的离婚率并发的还有婚外生子率的增加、结婚率的下降。

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The end result, he hopes, will be a lower divorce rate, fewer out-of-wedlock births, and, ultimately, fewer people living in poverty.

他希望这样做的结果，能够降低离婚率，减少非婚生育并且最终能减少贫困人口。

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But a critic who points out that this so-called culture is defeatist and damaging because it leads to high drop-out rates, record black-on-black murder statistics and a record number of out-of-wedlock births is dismissed as a prude and a censor.

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And the problem of out-of-wedlock births is not only a black problem, as Charles Murray shows in his new book.

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So, what did change, starting around 1960, to account for the decline in marriage rates, the sharp increase in divorce, and the explosion of out-of-wedlock births?

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