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SCOUT· 30%32m·2025-11-13·ScienceWhy Are More Women Saying No To Having Kids? With Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
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More and more women in the United States are saying no to motherhood. In 2023, the U.S. fertility rate reached the lowest number on record. But the idea of non-motherhood is actually not a new phenomenon, nor did it come out of the modern feminist movement. For centuries, women have made choices about limiting births…
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