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It broke me to hand my baby over for adoption as a single teen mom. I’d still never get an abortion

THE A-WORD: Evie Lastra West was ‘abortion-minded 100 per cent to the core’ when she found herself pregnant at 19 with her second child. But a visit to a crisis pregnancy center in Tennessee changed everything. Kelly Rissman reports

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‘Low-budget horror movies’ of babies being ripped apart and promises of ‘baby bucks’: How fake pregnancy clinics pressure women not to abort

THE A-WORD: Religious themes and ads for ‘abortion pill reversal’ are staples at fake abortion clinics, which now significantly outnumber real clinics. Kelly Rissman reports

The Independent UK

Republican lawmakers have steered over half a billion in taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion clinics. Where does it go next?

THE A-WORD: Exclusive: States are spending millions of dollars in public money to fund fake clinics and religious counseling. Alicja Hagopian and Alex Woodward report, with exclusive research from Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch

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Elon Musk's Ex Says She's 'Way Less Gay' And 'More Focused' After Becoming Pregnant With Their Kids

Grimes' queer identity has evolved since becoming a mother. She describes feeling less attracted to women after pregnancy.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk’s ex Grimes stirs controversy over claim she became ‘way less gay’ after getting pregnant

Grimes welcomed three children with the Tesla CEO between 2020 and 2022

The Independent UK

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s film and investigative series examines reproductive rights post-Roe

THE A-WORD: ‘The A-Word’, a new documentary by The Independent, investigates the state of reproductive rights two years after the Supreme Court revoked a constitutional right to abortion, sending shockwaves through American healthcare

The Independent UK

History Of Eating Disorders, Pre-Pregnancy Obesity Raises Offspring's Risk Of Mental Health Diagnosis

The study found associations between a mother's history of eating disorders and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) higher than the normal weight range to most of the nine psychiatric diagnoses examined in the offspring.

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'No plans' to unwind abortion under federal coalition

Debate over pregnancy termination is raging in Queensland but an opposition senator says the federal coalition won't restrict access to abortion.

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Jennifer Lawrence's Second Pregnancy Style Era Is Off to a Must-Shop Start

She knows what she likes—and how to wear it.

Marie Claire

Tibetan Women Have Evolved a Pregnancy Superpower

A new study from Case Western Reserve University shows how ethnic Tibetan women have evolved to thrive during pregnancy at high altitudes in Nepal.

Inverse

Judge Orders Employer To Pay Working Mother Thousands After Firing Her For Getting Pregnant On Maternity Leave

A judge has ruled in favor of a UK woman who alleges that she was terminated from her job due to her pregnancy.

International Business Times

Judge Orders Employer to Pay Working Mother Thousands After Firing Her for Getting Pregnant While on Maternity Leave

A judge has ruled in favor of a UK woman who alleges that she was terminated from her job due to her pregnancy.

Latin Times

If Trump wins the election, Idaho’s extreme abortion ban could go nationwide

Women and doctors describe heart-wrenching decisions under what may be the US’s strictest ban. ‘Everything that’s happening is a playbook for the rest of the country’

The Guardian - US

More mobile clinics for birth control

“Women who want to prevent an unintended pregnancy should have whatever works best for them.”

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Marie Claire

Justine Lupe has opened up about the ‘Nobody Wants This’ cast protecting her during pregnancy

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: do you know someone who died in pregnancy or during childbirth?

We’re interested in finding out more about people’s experiences around maternal deaths, whether it was during pregnancy, childbirth or shortly after

AAP

MP with cancer's late-night dash over abortion vote

A proposal to amend abortion laws that would have banned women wanting to terminate their pregnancy after 28 weeks has been voted down in South Australia.

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49 Women Who Didn’t Need A Test To Know They Were Pregnant Shared The Signs

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The Guardian - AU

South Australia’s upper house narrowly rejects ‘Trumpian’ bill to wind back abortion care

Legislation to force women seeking a later termination to be induced, deliver the baby alive, and keep it or adopt it out, defeated by 10 votes to nine

AAP

'Handmaids' protest ahead of abortion vote

Protesters dressed as "handmaids" have led a protest at SA's parliament, as it prepares to vote on a bill they say infringes on women's rights to healthcare.

Fortune

Why famed Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett hid her pregnancy for six months early in her career

“I was afraid if I talked about it nobody would take me seriously,” said Jarrett, adding that it was the environment for women back then.

The Guardian - AU

‘A sisterhood of the travelling pants, but with belly-support shorts’: how to ethically shop and share maternity clothes

From hand-me-downs to secondhand marketplaces, the circular fashion economy has practical, versatile and stylish options for expectant mothers

Medical Daily

Excess Or Too Little Folate During Pregnancy May Raise the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects

The researchers noted a U-shaped association between maternal serum folate levels and congenital heart defect risk in offspring, meaning both low and high maternal folate were linked to a higher risk of heart defect.

The Conversation

Does drinking coffee while pregnant cause ADHD? Our study shows there’s no strong link

International guidelines recommend people limit how much coffee they drink during pregnancy. Consuming caffeine – a stimulant – while pregnant has been linked to how the baby’s brain develops.

The Guardian - AU

Why pickles and ice-cream? The science of strangely specific pregnancy cravings

Salty or sweet, nutritional or not – there may be hankerings for unexpected foods when pregnant, but beware the old adage of eating for two

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