Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. In 1972, Tom Eagleton was the Democratic VP nominee for 18 days when another private drama became public.
Cristina Page, RH Reality Check. July 16, 2008. The Department of Health and Human Services is dismissing medical experts and instead using a definition of pregnancy based on polling data.
Miriam Pérez, RH Reality Check. July 15, 2008. The media give the impression women opt for c-sections for the sake of convenience. In fact, the procedure is often pushed by doctors.
Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. June 26, 2008. Increasing numbers of infertile people have been using surrogacy to have children, but a tougher economy is pushing it further out of reach.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 8, 2008. Thomas Beatie is not the first transgendered man to get pregnant. So why is he getting so much attention, and why now?
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 28, 2008. The rise in pregnancy discrimination is further evidence of how little our society values women as equal citizens.
Thomas Beatie, The Advocate. March 23, 2008. My decision to bear a child as a transgender male has been met with discrimination and outright derision by health care professionals.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 14, 2008. I'm not sure that we want to turn reproduction into a service industry.
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2008. The Catholic Church would rather have a single mother become unemployed than either have an abortion or a job to provide for her child.
Cara Kulwicki, The Curvature AlterNet: PEEK. February 8, 2008. Informing parents of a student's pregnancy is bad policy for pregnant women and for families -- but it's standard anti-choice politicking.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. February 7, 2008. The days of illegal abortion were ugly, but many clandestine abortion providers were competent, caring professionals who believed in justice.
Aishia Glasford, RH Reality Check. February 7, 2008. It's time to recognize that the rights of immigrants are "women's issues" that demand political attention and feminist activism.
Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. January 3, 2008. The recent spate of pregnancy films, from Juno to Knocked Up, all implicitly send the message that the right choice is to keep the baby.
Manda Aufochs Gillespie, Mariya Strauss, AlterNet. October 20, 2007. A new survey of mothers reveals some disturbing things about hospital maternity care that may make pregnant women want to take a closer look at their options.
Jill Filipovic, AlterNet: PEEK. September 13, 2007. Jill Filipovic: It's called National Conception Day, which isn't quite as catchy as my term: National Russians Fuck Like Cold, Pale Rabbits In Furry Hats Day.
Alison Bowen, Women's eNews. September 5, 2007. Fertility technology is allowing parents to determine the sex of a child before it's conceived. Ethicists say the practice is on slippery ground.
Leslie Orr, University of Rochester Medical Center. June 25, 2007. A University Rochester study shows that women who eat high amounts of beef while pregnant could reduce their male children's sperm counts.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 15, 2007. Florence Machio: In sub-Saharan Africa chances of dying out of pregnancy are 1 in 17, while in high-income countries the chances are 1 in 4,000.
