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Not Having Kids

Why I Get Judged More Than Any Working Or Stay At Home Mom

Katie Gard | Posted 05.21.2013 | Women
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Katie Gard

Let's talk for a minute about parenthood. Or, more accurately, non-parenthood. I'm talking here about a woman's right to choose. Not her right to choose to stay pregnant, but her right to choose to never get pregnant at all.

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I Wanted Kids -- Instead I Got Something Many Women Don't Have

Sue Fagalde Lick | Posted 04.23.2013 | Women
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Sue Fagalde Lick

If you go to the zoo with children, it's going to be all about them. It's pretty much the same with a man. Alone, I can commune with the polar bears all day.

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Resisting This Could Cut Your Cancer Risk In Half, Study Says

Posted 12.14.2012 | Black Voices
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Those bright eyes and chubby cheeks may be hard to resist, but researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have good reason...

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The Loss I'm Not Allowed to Grieve

Melanie Notkin | Posted 11.26.2012 | Women
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Melanie Notkin

A generation ago, women who did not marry and/or have children by age 40 grieved and moved on. But today, with the advancement of assisted reproductive technology, women are no longer given permission to move on.

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Pregnancy Rate Drops For Women In This Age Group

Reuters | Posted 08.19.2012 | Women
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By Alex Dobuzinskis June 20 (Reuters) - Pregnancy rates for U.S. women in their early 20s fell nearly 18 percent from 1990 to 2008 and...

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Is There Any Rational Reason To Have Children?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 06.02.2012 | Home
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Lisa Belkin

...moral tests imply logic, and we are outside that realm when we are talking about...Love...Faith...Children. Would these exist if rationality were the test?

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7 Billion Means You Can Stop Asking When I'm Having A Baby

Ashley Lauren Samsa | Posted 05.08.2012 | Women
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Ashley Lauren Samsa

Not long after I got married, I started getting asked The Question. Those of you who have encountered this question in its many forms know that one element is always the same, no matter how it's posed. We are always asked "when," not "if."

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