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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Gina Beach

Voices: I see being child-free as offsetting my carbon emissions

Yoga instructor Gina Beach: ‘I never really felt the tug of parenthood, it was never a priority’ - (Supplied)

If official figures are to be believed, women in Britain are having fewer children than ever – with the average fertility rate over a lifetime having hit its lowest since records began in 1938: just 1.44 children per woman.

It’s no surprise to me that the national birth rate is at a record low, and falling faster than any another G7 country. I’m 37, child-free… and living my best life.

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