Today's post is about what not to say to a pregnant woman. The first three are from personal experience. The next two are questions that you need to just trust me on -- don't ask.
Earlier this year, many women's rights advocates celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, which has made it possible for many women, including mothers-to-be and the mothers of a newly adopted or newly placed child, to take job-protected time off.
The cases documented in our study, as well as recent cases, make clear that, 40 years after Roe v. Wade was decided, far more is at stake than abortion or women's reproductive rights.
This Labor Day, all members of Congress should think about what's at stake for women, families and our economy when discrimination against pregnant workers goes unaddressed.
The hardest part of maternity leave is no longer sleepless nights caring for a newborn, but dealing with the anxiety surrounding communication between a pregnant women and her employer.
To fans the world over, photographer Anne Geddes's artistic touch is as immediately recognizable as her regular subject matter (babies!). In her ne...
Maybe you'll someday need to borrow money to send your kids to college. All of those things take credit, and a good credit score can help you borrow more money for a longer period of time with a lower rate.
No pregnant worker should be forced to choose between her job and a healthy pregnancy.
When did it become a federal offense to be in awe of one human swimming inside another? Not everyone has a nefarious motive; not everyone is judging.
More American women are having Cesarian section deliveries than ever before. According to a new report released today by HealthGrades, titled Obst...
A Swedish town wants to boost its population in a big way, and one solution may be offering helping to cover the costs of fertility treatments or adop...
Every day at the salon, I find that another woman is bursting at the seams to tell me she is with child. Here are some of my favorite hair tips for pregnant women.
A total of 14 Vietnamese women -- half of them pregnant -- have been rescued from an "illegal and inhuman" surrogate baby breeding ring in Thailand, t...
A new round of public spending cuts in Spain has many expectant women scrambling to give birth before the end of the year, the Guardian is reporting. ...
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Taliban has executed a pregnant widow accused of adultery in western Afghanistan, provincial and district officials sa...
ATLANTA — Quick treatment with flu medicine saved the lives of many pregnant women who were stricken by swine flu last year, according to the mo...
Last week, I spoke with Afghanistan-based journalist Jerome Starkey about his reporting on special forces raids that killed civilians and NATOs surpri...
We all know how much the media love conflict, and they have fallen in love with the health care debate. To say the process hasn't been pretty would be one of the biggest Washington understatements in years.
With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.
Implying that the decisions individual women make to have abortions is the same or worse than a holocaust denying and it should stop.
Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.
We are facing incredibly difficult decisions, but policies implemented today will help us to live healthier, longer lives, while also saving billions of dollars.
There is no reason to employ pregnant women and children in occupations known to be hazardous other than to exploit the poor.
We hope you know though that your freedom relies on exactly the same legal principles that guarantee that American women can choose to have an abortion when they need and want one.
