childbearing
Example Sentences
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Core to the new guidance is the idea that teenagers should start planning childbearing ASAP.
From Slate ● Jul. 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
Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
U.S. fertility rates hit record lows in 2025 as childbearing continued to shift toward older women, according to new federal data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
No one knows for sure, but local doctors think that as many as 30 percent of all men and women of childbearing age who live in the vicinity of Mount Elgon are infected with hiv.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
