Childbirth

Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth

Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living


Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein

The physicians of America have issued their decree -- they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives -- we can't imagine why not. They have no evidence to back up their claims.

Afghanistan: The Most Dangerous Place On Earth For Women

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

The fall of the Taliban six years ago heralded new rights for Afghan women: no more beatings, no more repression, and no more mandatory burqas. But di...

Placenta Is Secret Ingredient In Japanese Health Drink

Slashfood | Julie Tilsner | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business


A Japanese company is marketing a line of health drinks and beauty products with a special secret ingredient: Placenta. Nobody embraces the mystery a...

The Reality Index: If Men Got Pregnant

Joyce McFadden | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living


Joyce McFadden

If men got pregnant instead of women, how do you imagine things would be different?

How We Got a Film About a Serious Childbirth Injury (Obstetric Fistula) That No One in America Ever Heard of Into Movie Theaters

Allison Shigo | Posted 03.04.2008 | Entertainment


Allison Shigo

Women in developing countries are either dying while giving birth or dying a symbolic death when they develop a fistula and are left to live the rest of their lives alone.

Helen Mirren On Childbirth: "It Disgusts Me"

The Daily Mail (UK) | Posted 10.23.2007 | Entertainment


She said: "I went to a single sex convent school, and even in Biology classes we weren't taught about sexual reproduction. I was about 13, 14, just at...

Childbirth in England - It's Shocking!

Jennifer Block | Posted 10.15.2007 | Living


Jennifer Block

In the States, home birth is radical; in some places, it's seen as criminal.


 

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