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

While the number of births fell to a record low last year, the number of women of child-bearing age was at its highest ever at 12 million.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

In order to feel my best, I paid closer attention to my hormones and hunted for a gynecologist interested in what happens to women beyond child-bearing years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Even those who had been instrumental in getting the law passed now began to make comparisons between the position of the child-bearing woman under the old and new systems.

From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James