Study Shows Women's Odds of Motherhood Fall to 50 Percent by Age 27

What was said

"In the US, this is around age 27. So if you look at American women who've become mothers at 27 and then look at all other women currently childless at 27, how many would be expected to become mothers at current prevailing fertility rates? And in the US, that's 50/50 at age 27."

Stone explained that at current fertility rates, a childless American woman at age 27 has only a 50% chance of ever becoming a mother. The probability declines linearly from age 20, contradicting widespread assumptions that women can safely delay family formation into their mid-30s.