Pregnancy

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Women & Gender
Motherhood and motherland: One woman’s pregnancy experience in Russia
Anesthesiologist Liu Jianmin prepares for an abortion at a clinic run by Marie Stopes International in Xi'an in central China's Shaanxi province
Abortion
Abortion access in China has changed drastically amid declining birth rate
Women wear mask to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, in Paris, France
Coronavirus Conversations
Coronavirus Conversations: The pandemic, women’s health and pregnancy
A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The pandemic, women’s health and pregnancy
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Health & Medicine
As hurricane season nears in Puerto Rico, a doctor tries to help pregnant women prepare themselves
CEO of Company Housing Migrant Children Detainees Steps Down
Full Episode
Sci-fi motherhood.
Arts, Culture & Media
How I learned to stop worrying and love the mom
Science
Dads give birth and other interesting facts about seahorse pregnancies
Religion
When schoolgirls become mothers in rural Indonesia
Controlling Politics, Medical Controversy, Republican Memories
Full Episode
Shabnam, a surrogate mother, has an ultrasound at Patel's clinic in Anand, in the western Indian state of Gujarat on March 4, 2009.
Health
The global rent-a-womb industry is starting to crumble
A pregnant woman with a painted stomach participates in the 15th annual Santa Speedo Run through the streets of the Back Bay in Boston.
Health
Doctor says pregnant women should have long been screened for depression
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Health
Panel calls for depression screening for pregnant women, new moms
Baby being weighed
Environment
Is there a connection between in utero chemical exposure and obesity?
Christy Turlington Burns
Health
America’s most embarrassing statistic — and one effort to change it
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Medicine
Who is the doctor who paved the way to prison for Purvi Patel?
Purvi Patel is taken into custody after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide and neglect of a dependent on Monday, March 30, 2015, at the St. Joseph County Courthouse in South Bend, Ind.
Medicine
Six disturbing medical issues in the case of Purvi Patel, and one hopeful one
Purvi Patel trial photo
Conflict
Update: Indiana sentences Purvi Patel to decades in prison for what she says was a miscarriage
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Environment
‘God commanded’ family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi
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Health
The debate over ‘natural family planning’: Does it work?
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Development
In this Manila ‘baby factory,’ why women put up with crowding four to a bed
Health
Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines
Stacie Chapman’s son was born healthy, despite the results of a prenatal screening.
Health
Concern rises over new generation of prenatal tests
Peggy Young (3rd R) and her attorney Sharon Gustafson (4th R) wave to supporters as they depart the US Supreme Court building on December 3, 2014.
Justice
Pregnancy discrimination is still widespread, but this Supreme Court case may change that
A sign marking the border between the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls.
Health
Why Canadian women are travelling to Maine to get abortions
A woman walks on the shore of the Mediterranean in Tel Aviv.
Health
Facebook can learn from Israel when it comes to freezing women’s eggs
An employee demonstrates the preparation to take eggs with a needle at the e-Stork Reproductive Center in Hsinchu in northern Taiwan.
Health
Egg freezing may be more of a distraction than a big new perk for tech employees
Abortion in Ethiopia — Khadija's hands
Health
Doctors in Ethiopia are looking past their religious beliefs on abortions to save lives
Irma Vásquez, far right, during a Centering Pregnancy session at San Francisco's Homeless Prenatal Program, which collaborates with San Francisco General Hospital and offers space for the meetings.
Health & Medicine
For some, prenatal care is a community affair
HSPH Forum
Health & Medicine
Delaying pregnancy in the US and around the world
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Health & Medicine
In Brazil, half of all mothers have C-sections — whether they want it or not
A newborn baby rests on a blanket just a few hours after being born.
Health & Medicine
More mothers are choosing ‘home’ when deciding where they want to give birth
Kate Mitchell undergoes a cesarean section
Health & Medicine
Why are Cesarean sections so common when most agree they shouldn’t be?
Fatima Haroon, a pregnant woman in Pakistan
Health & Medicine
What if your mother-in-law decided when you got pregnant?
Fatima Haroon, a pregnant woman in Pakistan
Health & Medicine
What if your mother-in-law decided when you got pregnant?
Pregnant clockwise in Chinese, Georgian, Portuguese, Thai, Afrikaans,  Albanian, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian.
Lifestyle & Belief
Do the words we use to describe pregnancy reveal our feelings toward it?
Health & Medicine
Do men really suffer from postpartum depression?
Health & Medicine
Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids
Health & Medicine
Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids
Russia maternity
Health & Medicine
Russia’s looking to improve the quality of its maternity care — but it has a long way to go
Health & Medicine
An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents
Senegal birth spacing
Health & Medicine
Why Senegal wants families to put more space between their children
Senegal birth spacing
Health & Medicine
Why Senegal wants families to put more space between their children
Januka Rasaeli in the fields
Health & Medicine
Reporter Sonia Narang answers your questions about maternal health in Nepal
Ana María Bolege, nine months pregnant in Peru
Health & Medicine
Video: Peru creates a special place for expectant mothers to wait — and wait
Health & Medicine
How ‘secret mothers’ make childbirth safer
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal
Health & Medicine
Video: She’s seven months pregnant — and still working in the fields
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal
Health & Medicine
In Nepal, the manual labor doesn’t stop for expectant mothers
Health & Medicine
In a land of kids, infertile couples face stigma, challenges
Health & Medicine
Part III: Infertile in a Land of Kids
Health & Medicine
World Population Day brings family planning issues into focus
Health & Medicine
Pediatrician group advises doctors pre-write prescriptions for emergency contraception
Health & Medicine
Northern Ireland sees first abortion clinic open
Global Politics
Undocumented immigrants in Texas blocked from abortion services by checkpoint
Arts, Culture & Media
Controversy over women’s health services fuels comedians
Health & Medicine
Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria cause 16 deaths
Global Politics
Several states pass new laws limiting abortions
Global Politics
Freezing embryos, delaying parenthood
Health & Medicine
Outsourcing pregnancy to India
Abortion and gay marriage new hot-button issues in Mexico