When You’re a Black Woman Who Doesn’t Want to Have Children

A child-free life is just as rich and meaningful as anyone else’s

Casira Copes
ZORA
Published in
5 min readMar 4, 2021

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Black woman tickling a young Black boy, he is giggling and covering his face.
Photo: Sean De Burca/Getty Images

I love babies. Always have. I love their chubby little cheeks, the way their little hands grasp around my fingers, and the bug-eyed, unblinking way they look at you when you make any sort of unexpected sound.

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Casira Copes
ZORA
Writer for

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