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America Is One of the Worst Places on Earth for Maternal Healthcare

According to an eye-opening new report.

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  12 Shocking Things Women Used to Have to Use as Birth Control

  As the country contiiiinuuuues to legislate women's access to BC, a (scary) look back.

  By Kenny Thapoung Published 1 May 15

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  The Easiest Way to Prevent Pregnancy Isn't the Pill

  A new study reveals that IUD's are the most effective contraceptive method (by far.)

  By Diana Pearl Published 2 October 14

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  Documentary Exposes The Lies Women Are Fed At Crisis Pregnancy Centers

  Women are misled through vague advertising, false warnings about the health risks of abortion, and more.

  By Diana Pearl Published 19 September 14

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  The Abortion Situation In Ireland Keeps Getting Worse

  The latest: a woman is forced to undergo a c-section 25 weeks into her pregnancy—17 weeks after she first attempted to get an abortion.

  By Diana Pearl Published 19 August 14

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  Do You Want to Get "Fake Pregnant"?

  False pregnancy test, shipped right to your home!

  By Liana Satenstein Published 17 January 14

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  Women's Rights Overseas: The Abortion Battle in Ireland

  The debate over abortion in Ireland stays heated as lawmakers debate the passage of new reproductive rights bill.

  By Diana Pearl Published 11 July 13

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  Royally Dressed: Kate Middleton's Best Baby Bump Looks

  We look back on some of the best looks from the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy.

  By Diana Pearl Published 14 June 13

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  North Dakota Approves the Nation's Strictest Abortion Ban

  On Friday, North Dakota one-upped Arkansas by passing a bill that is twice as restrictive, banning most abortions after just six weeks into pregnancy.

  By Maura Brannigan Published 25 March 13



Advice for Rep. Todd Akin

Rep. Todd Akin decided not to shut the whole thing down yesterday—he’s still running for Missouri Senate despite being almost universally panned for his nutso comments on rape and pregnancy, made in an August 19 interview.

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  Are Pregnant Women's Rights at Risk?

  If an expectant mother survives a suicide attempt but her fetus doesn't, is it murder? That question is at the center of a controversial court case that could impact women nationwide.

  By Helen Coster Published 30 May 12

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  Would You Post Your Pregnancy Test Results Online?

  Women are uploading their "big reveal" on the internet. Sweet, or too much information?

  By Sarah Pratt Published 19 May 11

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  My Unwanted Abortion

  As U.S. abortion rights come under yet further attack, Sarah Ivens — shattered by her unborn baby's diagnosis — had to end her pregnancy in one of the most hostile places imaginable.

  By Sarah Ivens Published 19 April 11

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  What's the Best Age to Have a Baby?

  Whether your clock started ticking early or you're feeling a time crunch at 40, deciding when to have a baby is never simple.

  By Elise Nersesian-Sol Published 9 February 11

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  Why My Husband and I Started Searching for Another Woman

  One woman's infertility taught her, among other things, how men really look at the opposite sex.

  By Daniela Petrova Published 7 October 10

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  I Had a Baby with My Gay Best Friends

  Kitty Stillufsen opens up about how she used her two best male pals — and a baster — to conceive her daughter.

  By Marina Khidekel Published 12 July 10

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  How to Stay Fertile Longer

  St. Louis—based fertility specialist Dr. Sherman Silber performed the first-ever successful ovary transplant—and has played stork to thousands of baby-craving women since then, using IVF and other techniques. We asked him about the newest ways to prolong our child-bearing years.

  By Sophie Moura Published 16 June 10

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  Pregnant? Depressed? You're Not Alone

  Ashamed, confused, and afraid to take meds, thousands of mothers-to-be struggle silently with depression. But avoiding treatment could be the worst choice for mom and baby.

  By Liz Welch Published 7 May 10

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  4 Things You Should Know About Expired Condoms

  Condom horror story! An expired rubber causes quite an uncomfortable situation over in this neck of the woods ... so I contact Planned Parenthood to get the lo-down on obsolete rubbers. (What are your condom horror stories?)

  By Maura Kelly Published 1 April 10



I Tackled a Powerful Family Legacy

Four generations of mothers in my family had given up their daughters, leaving me to wonder if motherhood was simply not in my DNA.

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  To Breed or Not to Breed?

  Many women never feel a desire to have kids, ever.

  By Abigail Pesta Published 21 September 09

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  The Abortion Debate: What Would You Do?

  Holly Rossiter was pregnant with her second child when doctors discovered that, once born, it would quickly die. How could she bear to keep carrying it?THE TIMELINE: HOW LATE-TERM TERMINATION BECAME THE THIRD RAIL IN THE ABORTION DEBATE

  By Marie Claire Published 5 August 09

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  Abortion by Cow Meds

  Let's say you're under 18, pregnant, and unable to get an abortion without parental consent, as is the case in 24 states. The logical thing to do would be to ... swallow some cow meds from a nearby farm?

  By Jihan Thompson Published 20 July 09

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  Would You Sacrifice Sex to Get Pregnant?

  The purpose-driven sex life. Cara Birnbaum discovers the real cost of IVF.

  By Cara Birnbaum Published 22 June 09

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  Knocked Up in Iran

  Moaveni recounts the dangerous double life she led in a foreign but familiar land.

  By Lauren Iannotti Published 12 February 09

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  Gender Selection Comes Stateside

  Freaky Trend

  By Sarah Wexler Published 11 January 09

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  Abortion in the First World

  F.Y.I.

  By Jihan Thompson Published 23 December 08

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  Why Condoms Have a Bad (W)Rap

  I do not get along well with condoms. Last time I tried to apply a condom I was drunk. After ransacking my drawer as if I was robbing my own bedroom.

  By Rich Santos Published 16 December 08

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  Inside the Gloucester Pregnancy Pact

  In 2008, 18 teenage girls upended a quiet Massachusetts town and caused America to let out a collective gasp. But was there really a pact?

  By Gretchen Voss Published 19 September 08



What Gives With Our Girls?

Alarms went off as I read last Friday’s AP report: The principal of the Gloucester (Massachusetts) High School had announced the results of an investigation into the spike in teen pregnancy, seventeen this year as compared to an average of four in other years. It seems that a group of girls made a pact to get pregnant. None of the girls were over sixteen, and in visits to the clinic, they seemed more upset to find that they weren’t pregnant than to find that they were. One teen listed the father of her unborn child as a homeless man. The administrators described them as “girls who lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life.” Meanwhile, we’re worried sick about the child brides and teen mothers on the YFZ Ranch—as well we should be. Some of these FLDS girls are forced to marry and procreate long before they are ready (as clearly established in Elissa Wall’s recent book, Stolen Innocence). But some defiantly embrace the practice of young marriage and youthful pregnancy—in Massachusetts suburbs and throughout the state of Texas, in cities and towns, as well as in isolated fundamentalist communities in Arizona and Utah. What gives with our girls in America?