Career first, children later: Taiwan women put their eggs on ice

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An employee demonstrates the process to extract eggs in a lab at the e-Stork Reproductive Center in HsinchuHSINCHU, Taiwan (Reuters) – Caught between traditional expectations and career pressures, working women in Taiwan are increasingly opting to freeze their eggs at fertility clinics as they postpone marriage and motherhood. Women play a big part in Taiwan's workforce, trailing only New Zealand and Australia for female employment among 14 countries in Asia, a recent report by MasterCard showed. A slowdown in the economy has made job security an even more pressing priority. …

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