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On AlterNet: birth

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "birth"

Shorter Catholic Church: The Right to Life Ends at Birth

Shorter Catholic Church: The Right to Life Ends at Birth

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. March 8, 2009.
The "right to life" is not, apparently, absolute.

Orgasmic Birth: The Natural Reality Behind the Hype

Orgasmic Birth: The Natural Reality Behind the Hype

Lee Stranahan, Huffington Post. January 7, 2009.
The 'normal' way that women in the United States give birth -- laying prone in a room full of strangers -- is not the natural way.

What's Going on with the Media's Ballooning Coverage of Celebrity Babies?

What's Going on with the Media's Ballooning Coverage of Celebrity Babies?

Meredith Blake, The Nation. August 15, 2008.
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?

Illegal Versus Inhumane: Unauthorized Immigrant Shackled While in Labor; Can't Feed Newborn

Illegal Versus Inhumane: Unauthorized Immigrant Shackled While in Labor; Can't Feed Newborn

Editorial Staff, Boston Globe. August 1, 2008.
An undocumented pregnant woman faces the horror and neglect of the U.S. justice system ... giving birth only to have her child stripped from her.

American Medical Association Picks Fight With Ricki Lake

American Medical Association Picks Fight With Ricki Lake

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 18, 2008.
Docs' resolution to ban home birth seen as "pushback" against talk show host.