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Fewer Teen Births Is Good, Unless You're the Patriarchy
14+ hour, 2+ min 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…...
The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns
2+ mon, 3+ day 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…...
As Wisconsin Democrats Push First-Ever Pregnancy Loss Protections, State Republicans Advance Embryo "Personhood
3+ mon, 13+ hour 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…...
Seven Ways the Trump Administration Has Made Pregnancy More Dangerous
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (386+ words) Originally published in Jill Filipovic's Substack Throughline, under the headline, "A Year of Trump Administration Attacks on Abortion Rights." Trump has been in office for less than a year. The Supreme Court killed Roe v. Wade less than three years ago....
Twenty Thousand Stillbirths a Year, and No Federal Plan to Prevent Them
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (382+ words) The U. S. loses over 20, 000 babies to stillbirth each year, with many preventable. Yet stillbirth remains largely invisible in policy and public discourse, and families are left to deal with these tragic and costly losses with little support. A new documentary from…...
In Abortion Ban States, Women Get Second-Class Healthcare'Across *All* Specialties
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (801+ words) In the years following Roe's overturn, PHR has issued state-specific research briefs on the harms of abortion bans. It has also worked to "empower clinicians and advocates to speak out against the human rights violations occurring under these draconian laws....
Her Pregnancy Wasn't Viable. Wisconsin's Laws Still Made Her Fight for an Abortion.
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1987+ words) She shared her story with Up North News writer Bonnie Fuller. (This article originally appeared on Up North News, a local newsroom in the COURIER network, under the headline "Wisconsin mom exposes painful reality of abortion laws after tragic pregnancy…...
Two New Laws Could Transform Black Maternal Health in California, If We Get Implementation Right
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (354+ words) That is why the recent signing of AB 260, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Act, and AB 55, the Freedom to Birth Act, represents a watershed moment. Together, these laws reimagine reproductive health in California by centering the lived realities of…...
How We Can Turn Away From Medicalized Birth Culture and Reset the U. S. Birth Care System
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (230+ words) As a Black mother, a birth center co-founder, and a national leader in birth justice, I invite you to lead with me in choosing vision over fear. In my 20 years in public health " I have learned change happens in proportion…...
Meet Dr. Lincoln, the Internet's Favorite OB-GYN
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1963+ words) You may know'and love'Dr. Jennifer Lincoln already. If you are unfamiliar, she's a board-certified OB-GYN and a famous content creator with 2. 8 million followers on Tik Tok and large platforms on Instagram and You Tube. Dr. Lincoln is also a practicing…...