childbearing
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By the late 1970s, one in two Greenlandic women of childbearing age -- at least 4,070 women -- had been fitted with an IUD, according to an investigation presented in September 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Beginning childbearing at 35 instead of at 27 leaves fewer years to decide to have additional children if one desires—this drives birth rate declines, too.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“This is because parental leave policies are associated with an increase in leave-taking and childbearing, which leads to lost labor or increased health care costs for companies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Subsidized egg-freezing for women who delay childbearing for career reasons could extend the window for family formation without forcing an impossible choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
At the same Tipping Point, the rates of childbearing for teenaged girls — which barely move at all up to that point — nearly double.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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