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More women than ever before are opting out of the whole child-raising experience. A study by Pew Research Center revealed that the number of childless women in their 40s has doubled. Among African-American women, the decline is three times that of White women... Read our live chat now. Here's what you had to say: Anonymous commented: "I think many of us are choosing not to have children because we are afraid. We do not want to bring children into a world filled with so many challenges." Annie wrote: I am 41, pregnant and I have never been married. ...I think if you want to have kids it's your business at whatever age."
Read Our Live Chat: Fewer Women Having Children
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By Essence ·
More women are opting out of the whole mother experience than ever before. A study by Pew Research Center revealed that the number of childless women in their 40s without children has doubled. Among African-American women, the decline is three times that of White women.
We gathered a pretty diverse group of women to discuss this phenomenon. Psychology expert Dr. Janet Taylor, “Black and Married with Kids” co-founder Ronnie Tyler, attorney and “Singlista” Lisa Bonner, Black business powerhouse and divorced mother of two Crystal McCrary Anthony Esq., and Yale sociology professor Averil Y. Clarke, Ph.D. — whose manuscript “Child Sacrifice: The Social Infertility of College-Educated Black Women” is in the works — came together on Wednesday, July 21 at 7 p.m., to ask, “Why are fewer Black women over 40 having children?”