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When PhD student Esther Yeo, 24, and her boyfriend got married last year, they went shopping for wedding rings - and a polyclinic. She wanted to have her uterus removed but was told it could not be done. In the end, her husband had a vasectomy instead. Read more: https://str.sg/3pWU

According to the latest population census, more married women - from those in their 20s to 50-somethings and older - are not having children. Some can't, and others decide not to.

Through the stories of Esther, Dawn, Joan and Shirlene, CloseUp finds out why they are childless by choice and how they react to the prevalent view that it is natural for women to want to be mothers.

CloseUp is an investigative video series by The Straits Times that gives a deeper look at issues that hit close to home.

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