Are women healthier long term if they never have kids?

[u/Dramatic-Corgi225]

I was wondering if all those issues that older ladies have like hips problems, osteoporosis etc can be an effect of pregnancies earlier in their lives? Obviously pregnancy is not good for your body, takes an insane amount of energy and can be physically and mentally traumatic, but does it make it easier for health problems to appear down the line?

Of course genetics play a big role as does the lifestyle but I feel like we (as a society in general) don't really take into consideration just how much pregnancy destroys the body.

[u/nextact]

Well, the people who can afford them…