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What to Know About Trump's New 'Birth Tourism' Rule

By Madeleine Carlisle

How Rising Temperatures Due to Climate Change are Shortening Pregnancies

By Jeffrey Kluger

Many Pregnant Women Live Too Far From a Doctor to Get Regular Care. Here's How Technology Can Help

By Jessica Rosenworcel

U.S. Birth Rates Hit a Record Low in 2018

By Jamie Ducharme
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I Was a Pregnant Woman in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman

The first dream for my imagined future self that I can recall starts with a sound. I was maybe 5 years old and I wanted to click-clack. The click-clack of high heels on a shiny,...

By Tressie McMillan Cottom

More Women Are Having Heart Attacks During Pregnancy and Birth

Part of the increase may be due to the rising age of mothers

By Alexandra Sifferlin

I Had Three Miscarriages. Here’s What They Taught Me About Hope

"How do we begin to hope when hope has wrought crushing disappointment in our lives?"

By Laura Turner

Ask Dr. Ruth: Can I Safely Have Sex While Pregnant?

In most cases, yes, and often!

By Dr. Ruth Westheimer

I Was So Fed Up With Unrealistic Pregnancy Books, I Wrote an Uncensored One

Your body isn't self destructing

By Nancy Redd

Money Buys Happiness Up to a Point

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

New Study Links Pregnant Women Taking Acetaminophen with Language Delays in Baby Girls

Pregnant women who took it were more likely to have girls with language delays

By Amanda MacMillan

Why Are So Many Mothers Dying in Texas?

The number of women who are dying during pregnancy, or soon after giving birth, has risen nationwide, and a new report shows an alarming 87% spike in deaths in Texas. As of 2015, the maternal...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Birth Control for Men? Researchers Will Test a Hormone Gel in 2018

A new kind of male birth control may be on the horizon. The largest clinical trial to date on hormonal male contraception is slated to begin in the first half of 2018, and aims to...

By Amanda MacMillan

Scientists Can Tell if Babies Will Be Left-Handed Before They're Even Born

The discovery might help predict depression, schizophrenia and autism

By Billy Perrigo

A Common Chemical May Be Unsafe for Pregnant Women and Babies. Here's What You Need to Know

It's found in everything from fireworks to fertilizer

By Jamie Ducharme

Pesticides In Produce Linked to Women Not Getting Pregnant with IVF

A new study links exposure to pesticides from fruits and vegetables to lower success rates with IVF

By Alice Park

When You're Pregnant, Everyone Is Suddenly an 'Expert' on Your Health

For 30-odd weeks, my barista and I have had roughly the same routine. I order my morning coffee and he pretends he hasn't heard me, filling in the blank with a joke. "Mocha double-shot no-fat...

By Siobhan O'Connor

A New Mom Became a Quadruple Amputee From Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Here's What You Need to Know

When new mother Lindsey Hubley returned to the hospital with severe stomach pains a few days after giving birth, she was told it was just constipation and sent home, her lawyer told the Toronto Star...

By Amanda MacMillan

Air Pollution May Make Babies' Cells Age Faster

There’s growing evidence that exposure to air pollution can have a number of unhealthy consequences, from cancer to heart disease and respiratory illnesses. In recent years, researchers have also linked air pollution exposure to faster...

By Alice Park

No, Birth Control Doesn’t Make You Have Riskier Sex, Researchers Say

Rolling back the federal birth control mandate could lead to increases in teen pregnancies and abortions, experts say

By Abigail Abrams
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