"It’s both an exciting and a terrifying time to stand up and say you don’t want kids, understanding that this choice is an unusual privilege, one that’s historically important, but also one that some are desperate to remove."

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/20/do-you-want-kids-its-finally-ok-to-simply-say-no?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Do you want kids? It’s finally OK to simply say no

If birth rates are falling it could be down to choosing childlessness, rather than economics or infertility

The Guardian

“You can keep trying to separate women into different groups,” she says. “Pitting women against each other, as if we’re at two separate ends of some reproductive spectrum … but we’re all in the same boat.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/juno-carey-midwife-abortions-terminations-rape-survivors-sex-workers

‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an abortion clinic

She’s looked after teenagers, rape survivors and trafficked sex workers – and assisted at terminations while she’s been pregnant herself. Still, she wouldn’t change her job for anything.

The Guardian