Definition of "child-bearing" [child-bearing]

• Pertaining to the time between puberty and menopause when a woman is able to bear children. (adjective)

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• "We quickly killed anyone past child-bearing age, of extreme religious persuasion, and let the prostitute, single mother, and teenage boy who believed in abortion to survive."
• "That refers to the proportionately large youthful population of Muslims who will soon enter the child-bearing phase of their lives."
• "Thankfully, as a result of pressure from Oceana, the Spanish government recently issued a formal health warning to women of child-bearing age and to children regarding unsafe levels of mercury in swordfish, bluefin tuna, and two species of sharks often eaten in our country."