Birth rate crashes in Poland

The birth rate in Poland has crashed from 700,000 babies born annually to around 350,000. Adding to the Polish birth-rate woes is that there are few signs that the situation will reverse in the near future. "The number of births has been decreasing dramatically," Deputy Family Minister Barbara Socha told the Sejm, lower house of parliament, on Thursday."After the war, between 1946 and 1960, Poland experienced a post-war baby boom, with the number of births reaching around 700,000 a year," she said. "And today, there are around 350,000 birth a year."