Out-of-wedlock births: 4 in 10

According to this story in the New York Times,

Out-of-wedlock births in the United States, on the rise since the late 1990s, have now climbed to a record high, accounting for nearly 4 in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday.

But while such births have long been associated with teenage mothers, the number among 10- to 17-year-olds actually dropped last year — as did that group’s overall birthrate, to the lowest level on record.

Instead, births among unwed mothers rose most sharply among women in their 20s.

This strikes me as a bad thing.