On Freedom

They're labelled as selfish, as 'deliberately barren', and sometimes as crazy old cat ladies, but increasingly women are choosing to be childfree. Over the next few decades couples without children are set to outnumber those who have them.

Tory Shepherd looks at how women's freedom to choose motherhood is reshaping their own lives as well as society.

Tory Shepherd is a senior News Corp columnist and The Advertiser's State editor. She spent several years in the Canberra Press Gallery and contributes to The Project, The Drum, Sunrise, Today and ABC radio.

They're labelled as selfish, as 'deliberately barren', and sometimes as crazy old cat ladies, but increasingly women are choosing to be childfree. Over the next few decades couples without children are set to outnumber those who have them.Tory Shepherd looks at how women's freedom to choose motherhood is reshaping their own lives as well as society.

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