What Is Causing Some Women to Kill Their Newborns?
A startling pattern of trauma and pregnancy denial incites young women to do the unthinkable. Are we criminalizing women with a rare dissociative disorder?
Pregnancy
With the First Uterus Transplant in the US, are we Making Women Obsolete?
Welcome to the “Brave New World” of procreation
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Why the CDC Warnings About Women and Alcohol Is Actually a Red Herring
If you think it’s just about women, booze and babies, think again.
When Did the Internet Become Smarter Than My Doctor?
‘Tis the season to be flu-ey, which, for this writer, means following a doctor’s orders. So why does she feel like a pariah for trusting health-care providers’ advice more than web research?
What to Expect in the Bedroom After You’re Done Expecting
Sex may never be the same after you have a baby. But that doesn't mean you're doomed to a life of bed death.
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Does Wanting Only One Child Make Me a Bad Mother?
The writer always assumed she'd want more than one kid … until she didn’t. The feelings that arose about family, fear, marriage, and career were more complicated than she could’ve imagined.
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Planned Parenthood Ensured I Had a Choice…Twice
Katha Pollitt’s New York ‘Times’ op-ed was a rallying cry for women to share their abortion stories. This writer bravely takes up that mantle.