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A photographer in Berlin is capturing the lives of the consciously child-free.
May 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
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“I always knew I didn’t want kids. At 32, after a breakup and a move abroad, I re-examined my decision and nothing had changed.” Guen Douglas, now 41.Credit.Zoë Noble
By Mary Katharine Tramontana
Zoë Noble was 32 when her doctor told her “the clock is ticking.”
The hysterectomy Ms. Noble needed to remove a fibroid was not up for discussion so far as her doctor was concerned, despite the fact that she didn’t want children. It took years of pain and an emergency room visit before she was finally granted the surgery at 37.