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People who call themselves "childless by choice" are gaining visibility — so why are we still treating them like aliens? More »
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A conservative group is pushing to make sperm donation as closely regulated as adoption — because, they claim, children of sperm donors face problems down the road. But do they have other motivations? More »
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Heidi Brown with Forbes and Jo Craven with The Times of London have totally identified the newest trend of this recession: women heading back to the workforce after leaving to stay home with the kids. More »
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There has been a legislative trend sweeping through states which would offer parents whose children are stillborn the option of a quasi-birth certificate along with the standard death certificate. It seems likely to become the law in New York fairly soon, which would make it the 24th state to offer grieving parents some option of state recognition other than a death certificate. It's all so soft and fuzzy and the right thing to do, it's enough to make you wonder why it hasn't passed all 50 states yet. Yeah, well, there are issues. There are always issues. The problem is that state legislators are often incredibly imprecise in the language they choose, so while abortion-rights organizations like the bills in theory, the practice is often thornier. Roger Evans with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America told the New York Times last year: More »
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With all this talk about Aliza Shvarts and her (im)possible abortions, it got me thinking about how women decide whether to keep or terminate a pregnancy. For those of us have gotten pregnant, was the opinion of the dude who knocked you up ever the final say in your decision of whether to keep it or get an abortion? Probably not, which is normal, since it's your body, and ultimately, your choice to make. In his 2004 HBO stand-up special Never Scared, Chris Rock talked about how a man can't really offer anything other than support for a woman with an unplanned pregnancy and how a woman's friends play bigger role in helping her come to a decision. ("[They're] like, girl, why are we even talking about this? Ain't we supposed to go to Cancun next week? Get rid of that baby!") It's funny 'cause it's true. Clip above. More »
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