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• n  the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
• a  relating to or suitable for childbirth
  of childbearing age

• So, predicting menopause might become more and more important in the future as women continue to delay childbearing.
• Not in France, where the state has favored childbearing by putting an infrastructure in place that encourages women to work and have babies: municipal child-care facilities .
• Thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF), the skyrocketing use of fertility drugs and the increasing number of women who delay childbearing until their 30s or 40s, the incidences of .

• childbirth
• accouchement
• vaginal birth

News & Articles

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• FDA approves over-the-counter sales of Plan B One-Step for all ages
  All women of childbearing potential can buy Plan B One-Step without a prescription
  June 20, 2013 - CBS News

Quotes

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• Kim Gandy in LifeNews.com
  In celebrating the abortion anniversary, NOW president Kim Gandy said abortion advocates "must continue to be vigilant about upholding a woman's right to make her own childbearing decisions, including access to birth control and abortion."
• Maggie Gallagher in News Hounds (blog)
  The projections should remind leaders of their 2005 World Summit commitment to provide universal access to reproductive health by 2015, including family planning, to free women from unintended childbearing and empower them to help reduce... Thoraya Obaid http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoraya_Obaid&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGctL0OESpyQINMWvq14RvmQJUaUA UNFPA (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm%3FID%3D943&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFojPZy2ZFD5ZgACTksA7cwOuUusA Mar 13, 2007 17252 24027 childbearing As reported in the Washington Post, Gallagher wrote in the National Review Online, The Bush marriage initiative would emphasize the importance of marriage to poor couples" and "educate teens on the value of delaying childbearing until...