child-bearing

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Officials said Friday they would promote policies to help with the cost of child-bearing and elderly care.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Proposals include giving mothers of big families "medals" for child-bearing or even paying new moms a $5,000 baby bonus.

From Salon • May 7, 2025

The fertility rate - which measures how many children are born per woman during her child-bearing years - is the lowest on record at 1.44.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Some include anybody without children, while others don’t count people who still have a chance to change their minds — women of child-bearing age or men without vasectomies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

He was the seventh son, and his mother was tired of child-bearing when Antony was born.

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van