1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (408+ words) Texas is considering whether to continue one of its most important tools for preventing maternal deaths. The stakes are especially high for Black women. In Texas, Black women are nearly four times more likely than white women to die from…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (237+ words) Milk Factory paints an unconventional portrait of motherhood. The interdisciplinary project examines the economic, legal and emotional realities of contemporary parenthood in a society that treats care as a private responsibility rather than a shared public good. Together, these narratives…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1004+ words) This Mother's Day, the Trump administration quietly launched Moms. gov, a new federal website aimed at "new and expecting mothers." At first glance, Moms. gov may look like another awkward attempt at government outreach. But the site is much more…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (447+ words) This Mother's Day weekend arrives amid extraordinary legal and political upheaval over reproductive freedom, voting rights and the economic survival of mothers. Right now, access to mifepristone in America hangs on a one-week Supreme Court pause. On May 1, the Fifth…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (506+ words) Every Mother's Day, we celebrate mothers as protectors: intuitive, selfless and fiercely attuned to their children's needs. We are told to trust mothers'to honor their instincts, their vigilance, their care. But what happens when a mother knows something is wrong,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (472+ words) Last month, the newest fertility data dropped'and the U. S. fertility rate has fallen again, hitting another record low in 2025 according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The number of births per 1, 000 women of childbearing age, in 2025, went down by....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (513+ words) The Emmy award-winning medical drama The Pitt closed its second season earlier this month with a main storyline about a major pregnancy health risk that affects close to 15 percent of all pregnancies and one in five preterm births." Spoiler for…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (629+ words) This article was originally published by The Contrarian. How on-brand for the federal government to'announce'that U. S. birth rates are falling'just as'The Testaments, the long-awaited sequel to'The Handmaid's Tale, dropped on Hulu last week. Doubly fascinating then, that it is the real-life…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (817+ words) This story was originally published by The Conversationalist, an independent nonprofit and global feminist publication. I've been promising, and failing, since before the 2024 U. S. election to write about the world on fire, and the arsonists fanning the flames. The essay I'd…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1230+ words) This piece was adapted from two pieces originally published by Up North News: "Kelda Roys is on a mission to stop a Republican bill that could criminalize miscarriage" and "Doctors say Wisconsin GOP's pregnancy bill treats women like "incubators,' not…...