Mother Knows Best Woman gives birth at 70 — isn’t that ridiculous? Or worse, isn’t it unethical, to bear kids you might not be around to see into adulthood? Those aren’t my questions — they’re the undertow in all the
Mother Knows Best
Births Up–No, Down!
Here’s my take on the differences between the CDC and Census reports on 2006 fertility, and the context of fertility anxiety the reports operate within: “Births Up–No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety” “More Women Than Ever Are
Fertility “Facts”
(See also: Hutterite Fertility Data and Modern Fertility Anxiety) Have you seen this table or the chart it’s derived from it? At several points in life and on the web I’ve encountered them, cited as evidence that the rate of
The Fertility Effect (1)
Lately, fertility anxieties haunt the dreams–waking and sleeping–of every adult woman who hopes to someday be a mom. We hear from all directions that fertility wanes fast, especially for women over 35. The dystopian film The Children of Men picked