Mr Johnson said he had always insisted he did not want the emotional or financial burden of fathering a child he would not be bringing up.

ECONOMIST: Reproductive rights

No: if thirty years of marriage and bringing up a child had taught me anything, it was that through everything, through all the Christmases and birthdays, through all the mishaps and misunderstandings, almost nothing had been shared.

NEWYORKER: The Cold Outside

When Wolfowitz asked if he had any family, he said that his wife had been killed in the earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999 and that her parents were bringing up his only child, a son, whom he rarely saw.

NEWYORKER: The Next Crusade