pregnancy
Discover expert analysis and the modern take on pregnancy, brought to you by Marie Claire.
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America Is One of the Worst Places on Earth for Maternal Healthcare
According to an eye-opening new report.
By Megan Friedman Published
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12 Shocking Things Women Used to Have to Use as Birth Control
Features As the country contiiiinuuuues to legislate women's access to BC, a (scary) look back.
By Kenny Thapoung Published
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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
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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
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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
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Do You Want to Get "Fake Pregnant"?
False pregnancy test, shipped right to your home!
By Liana Satenstein Published
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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
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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
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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.
By Nona Willis Aronowitz Published
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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
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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
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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
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What's the Best Age to Have a Baby?
Features 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
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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
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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
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How to Stay Fertile Longer
How To 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
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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
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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.
By Rebecca Carroll Published
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To Breed or Not to Breed?
Many women never feel a desire to have kids, ever.
By Abigail Pesta Published
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gender Selection Comes Stateside
Freaky Trend
By Sarah Wexler Published
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Abortion in the First World
F.Y.I.
By Jihan Thompson Published
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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