[linda_22003]

"Why must these women give in to a (purely psychological?) urge to become biological mothers?"

I don't understand it myself. I've been married 20 years and never had the desire for children, so I never had any. You should see the flack I've gotten on FR for my "selfish" decision! What posters fail to express is why it's any of their business. I guess if you don't do what the posters generally think is right in your own life, they'll let you have it, whether you have kids or not.

[grellis]

Ignore the flack, and kudos for not giving in to the societal (and, I'm betting over the years, familial) pressure to have children. I can think of a couple of ways, just off the top of my head, that one could argue having children is selfish. Same hogwash, other side of the funhouse mirror.