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In 2013, a majority (51.2%) of women in the European Union (EU) gave birth to their first child when aged in their 20s, while 40.6% became mothers in their 30s. In addition, more than 127,000 births of first children in the EU in 2013 were to women aged less than 20 (teenage mothers) and around 65,500 to women aged 40 and over.

Norway ranks as the world's best place to be a mother, well ahead of the United States which dropped to the 33rd spot in the annual scorecard released by Save the Children on May 4.

One obscure fact out of the devastating quake that struck Nepal over the weekend is the fact that the Himalayan country is used by many same-sex couples in Israel for surrogate pregnancies.

Turkey?s top religious affairs body has said surrogate motherhood was religiously unacceptable, as it contained elements of adultery.

The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) announced on March 20 in vitro fertilization between unmarried individuals was not religiously acceptable, as it offended humane feelings and contained elements of adultery.

Turkey?s top religious affairs body has said surrogate motherhood was religiously unacceptable, as it contained elements of adultery.

The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) announced on March 20 in vitro fertilization between unmarried individuals was not religiously acceptable, as it offended humane feelings and contained elements of adultery.

Motherhood is a wonderful career. It involves a lot of sh*t, but I guess all careers have their positive and negative sides.

The government has unveiled a new incentive program to encourage working women to have more children, in a bid to avoid the decline of the Turkish population.

Turkey?s health minister has revisited his New Year?s Day comments about motherhood, informing men that they need not apply for the task of being mothers. Turkey?s health minister has revisited his New Year?s Day comments about motherhood being the only acceptable career for women, while informing men that they need not apply for the task of being mothers.

Turkish writer Elif Şafak has taken to Twitter to respond to Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu's controversial recent statements concerning motherhood, stating that “motherhood is not a career.” 

“Motherhood is not a career. Turkish women should decide their own paths in life [not male politicians from above],” Şafak wrote on her official Twitter account on Jan. 1.

A judge in Brazil has ordered a baby be registered as born with two mothers and a father, a first in the South American country