Why more and more women are choosing to be childfree - BBC News

From financial constraints to worries about the environment, women tell the BBC why they do not want kids.

Image caption, Jess King, 32, has chosen to live a childfree life

Jess King always assumed she would have children. To her, it felt like a natural path all women eventually followed.

But as she got older, she couldn't shake a persistent feeling that she wasn't ready. With time, her doubts deepened.

"It turned into 'Am I not ready for this, or do I not want this?'" she recalls.

Everyone she spoke to with children said they'd been really sure about it and they had a maternal urge.