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Choice is a basic right of every human being. Women have the right to choose whatever they think is best for them. It is a woman’s right to choose whatever she wants. Being able to make her own decisions about her health, body and sexual life is the right of every woman. Nobody should tell a woman to do what they think is best for her. Whether it’s about what college she will pursue her studies or it’s about the profession she chooses for herself. It’s her choice. It’s her choice if she wants to marry and it’s her choice if she doesn’t. It’s her choice if she wants to do a job and it’s her choice if she wants to be a homemaker. It’s a woman’s choice to either cover her head or whole body and it’s also her choice to wear whatever length of cloth she wants. It’s a woman’s choice to have whatever body type and it’s a choice to have any beauty standard for herself. It’s a woman’s choice if she wants to have a sexual relationship with her husband/boyfriend and it’s also her choice if she doesn’t. No one can make reproductive choices on matters affecting her body. It’s a woman’s choice whether or when to have a child or not. So, yes motherhood is a choice and instead of ridiculing or judging women who choose not to have a child, we should keep our stereotypes to ourselves. Motherhood is a choice. Being a mother doesn’t make a woman any better or less than the women who are childless. People have the choice to remain childless if they want. It’s up to the couple. It shouldn’t bother anyone else. That’s it. And even it does. It’s a choice. Who cares?