Reproduction

I Never Thought I Wanted A Baby -- Until...

Salon | Posted 04.23.2012

It started with a TV commercial. I can't remember what was being advertised. All I know is that it showed a father holding a newborn baby, and I start...

In Defense of My Body, Health & Choices

Voto Latino | Posted 04.12.2012

Voto Latino

Not one question was answered. We were vocal and they were stunned silent. Mission accomplished.

What I Think About When I Think About Sex

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.03.2012

Rob Brooks

It takes something as profound as love to trick us into putting aside our conflicting interests and mistrust long enough to mate, and sometimes even to raise a family together.

The Important Work of Planned Parenthood

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.14.2012

Jennifer Hamady

Villainizing the entire organization is a mistake. It ignores, and dismisses, the services Planned Parenthood provides that we all -- regardless of our political views -- can agree are important.

The Context of Sex

Carin Bondar | Posted 03.07.2012

Carin Bondar

We're not the only girls in the animal kingdom who fall for the wrong guys, strategize about finding 'Mr. Right' and occasionally fend off the advances of unwelcome suitors. Like many other ladies, from beetles to chickens to dolphins, we're generally the 'choosy' sex.

Cara Santa Maria

Is Sex For Pleasure Uniquely Human?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.13.2012

You've probably heard the rumors that dolphins are the only other mammals that have sexual intercourse for pleasure. It appears as though this is almost true, depending again on how one defines sex for pleasure.

Catherine Pearson

Is Male Birth Control Coming? The Gates Foundation Thinks

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.28.2011

When some of the most innovative thinkers in contraception research meet to discuss the future of birth control this weekend, they won't just be discu...

7 Billion And Counting: Challenges as World Population Hits Milestone

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 12.17.2011

She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and t...

Pop Music Is Human Nature

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.14.2011

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

I've got a proud confession to make: I'm a pop music junkie. Drizzy Drake, Britney, Adele, Nicki, Ke$ha, you name it. I love it. But I've got to admit...

Sperm Donor Fathers 150 Kids, System Under Spotlight

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 11.06.2011

Concerns are being raised about the lack of regulation of sperm donors in the United States, after one anonymous man was found to have fathered 150 ch...

The Hypocrisy of Being Green and Making Babies

Toni Nagy | Posted 07.24.2011

Toni Nagy

I find myself second-guessing every environmental decision since I produced this little being of natural destruction.

California's Flammability Standard Puts Children at Risk

Sarah Janssen | Posted 06.17.2011

Sarah Janssen

A study published this week in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives is further evidence that California children are the most highly exposed...

I Am Creative

Alanna Zabel | Posted 11.17.2011

Alanna Zabel

Mantra: I Am Creative, Posture/Exercise: The Butterfly Hip Opener Pose

International Surrogate Pregnancy Industry On The Rise

The Wall Street Journal | TAMARA AUDI and ARLENE CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

In a hospital room on the Greek island of Crete with views of a sapphire sea lapping at ancient fortress walls, a Bulgarian woman plans to deliver a b...

Robert Edwards Wins Nobel: Test-Tube Baby Pioneer Awarded Medicine Nobel

AP | MALCOLM RITTER and KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infa...

Birth Control Could Help Developing World Combat Climate Change

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...

I'm Pregnant -- Just Serve Me Some Coffee And No One Gets Hurt

Pauline Millard | Posted 11.17.2011

Pauline Millard

Is a guy with a 10th grade education also an OB/GYN? "I could smoke crack if I wanted to," I said. "So why don't you make it a large coffee?"

Love Can't Buy You Money

Beth Kohl | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Kohl

First, what is with this doctor? Suleman sought treatment from the same reproductive specialist who enabled her first six children. He already knew she had six.

The Politicization of Sex and Reproduction

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Diana DeGette

Instead of policies based on extreme ideology, we need to start a new dialogue about reproductive and sexual health that is based on sound, science-based public policies.

Too Young for This: Menopause at 32

Alice Crisci | Posted 11.17.2011

Alice Crisci

I've been receiving Lupron injections since before chemo, throwing my body into "menopause" as opposed to real menopause. No more periods. No more PMS. No more cancer. Maybe, no more eggs.