Earlier this year parentdish did a piece on a childfree/parent contested topic: if you don’t have kids can you give parents advice? Well, out of the blocks I have to say that I operate from the principle on advice in general–don’t give it unless...
I recently had an exchange with a woman who wrote in response to this month’s On-the-Ground Question: Who has been least accepting of you not wanting kids? She said that she’d have to say her infertile friends. She has wanted kids, has been in the process...
Here’s more from the U.S. Census newly released report, “Fertility of American Women.” Data was collected from three million households in 2008. My last post spoke to data on women with no children. Here are some numbers I found interesting regarding women who...
The U.S. Census released a new report this month, “Fertility of American Women.” It used data collected from American women in 2008. It looks at fertility patterns from a number of different angles, but I want to start with data on women with no children. I’ll do a...
Ms Magazine does a good summary of how pro-choice did in the election. Pro-choice suffered some big losses but there is a twist: First, the big pro-reproductive rights losses: Replacement of pro-choice Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), pro-choice Democratic leadership...
