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Dignity, autonomy and the systematic stripping of humanity from those who give birth

Attorneys representing women in fetal personhood cases told ProPublica they’ve seen more forced C-sections in Florida than ...
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Pregnant woman giving birth in jail keeps begging authorities for help — negligence leads to newborn’s death

A pregnant woman’s struggle in a New York jail cell will leave you stunned and inspire people to honor women a little more than usual. This is the story of an inmate named Cheree Byrd who gave birth ...

Woman, 25, Suffers 'Heartbreaking' Stroke One Month After Giving Birth, Had to Relearn How to Talk and Hold Her Baby (Exclusive)

"It's weird to go from a 25-year-old girl to your body just not working anymore," Leen Lorig tells PEOPLE ...

More women are having babies later in life. How to improve your chance of a healthy pregnancy

More and more women are having babies later in life. A federal report showed that 21% of all births in the U.S. were to women ...
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For homeless women, pregnancy presents many challenges — from access to care to complication risks

Luna Evans didn't have much adult supervision or support growing up. When an uncle raped her, Evans said, she "wasn't allowed to talk to nobody about it, so I kind of had to deal with it myself." She ...

Cuba's mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness

Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.
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Displaced mothers in Lebanon welcome babies' new lives with hope and fear

By Catherine Cartier and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) - When Israeli strikes rained down on southern Lebanon in early March, Hawraa Houmani, 29 years old and almost nine months pregnant, ...