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November 23, 2021
Esther Wang
Anti-Abortion Christians Want a Social Safety Net—but Just for Pregnant Women
Let’s not be deluded into thinking these abortion foes are allies. Everyone deserves robust support so they can choose if they want to parent at all.
December 31, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Babies born at home are 2.4 times likelier to die within the first month of life than babies born in hospitals, new research suggests.
August 13, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
The Most Common Childbirth Practice in America Is Unnecessary and Dangerous
Why do doctors and patients insist on using electronic fetal monitoring?
July 29, 2015
N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, and Reyn van Ewijk
Hospitals Are Only Safer Than Home Births if You’re Poor
February 17, 2014
Jessica Grose
Why We're So Obsessed with 'Natural' Childbirth
A new history of Lamaze explains the origins of the mythology
April 4, 2013
Lynsey Addario
Mortal Beloved
The extreme perils of motherhood in Sierra Leone

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