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Jay-Z's new track, "Glory," is notable not just because it celebrates his newborn daughter with wife Beyoncé, but also because it makes reference to a previous miscarriage — and it's incredibly rare that a male celebrity does that. As music critic Ann Powers questioned yesterday on Twitter: "Has a rapper ever spoken about miscarriage before?" Good question. More »
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Let's get down to brass tacks: Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, Personhood Pledge-signing, Griswold vs. Connecticut-opposing, Mr. Ban Abortion in All Circumstances With No Exception for the Life of the Mother, believes that the actions of his own wife should be treated as criminal. Why? Because, back in 1996, his wife had a procedure that resulted in the deliberate death of her fetus, even though it was a matter of saving her own life. More »
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Career blogger Penelope Trunk was already a little bit infamous when she tweeted about her miscarriage during a board meeting. Now, she's written an astonishingly raw post about her abusive marriage, complete with a photo of her bruised body. Yet this is the same blogger who routinely issues tidy, didactic lists about how to live one's life. Who is Penelope Trunk, anyway? More »
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When pictures leaked from the memorial service the Duggars held for Jubilee Shalom, the daughter they lost earlier this month, it was unclear if they were actually intended for public consumption. Now we have an answer, since the Duggars have posted a four and a half minute video featuring one of the shots on their website. Supposedly, it's an audio letter to Jubilee, but it seems some lines are meant for a wider audience: More »
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Hey, girls, wanna know what's going to be hot in 2012? With funding being slashed for Planned Parenthood left and right and a group of nutjobs who think zygotes and corporations are people running for President, next year it's going to be super hard to afford a fancy storebought abortion. What to do? Do it yourself, like these trendsetting New York City ladies! More »
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When someone you know has a miscarriage, it can be hard to know what to say. We have some tips for responding sensitively in this difficult situation. More »
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Few among us have never made a judgey comment about the Duggars, however everyone's trying to be sensitive in light of the sad news that Michelle Duggar suffered a miscarriage. But now there's this bit of holy shit: TMZ is running dead fetus photos that the Duggars distributed at Jubilee Shalom Duggar's memorial service today. More »
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At Occupy Seattle last week, a pregnant woman was among those pepper-sprayed by cops (another victim was 84 years old). Now she says she's had a miscarriage. More »
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On November 8, Mississippians will vote on Initiative 26, an amendment to their state's constitution declares that life begins at the moment of conception. If enacted, the measure will effectively outlaw all abortion, IVF, embryonic stem cell research, and many forms of birth control. The driving force behind this and other such initiatives is an extreme fringe ideology known as the "Personhood USA" movement, and one of the loudest voices in that movement is Rebecca Kiessling. Here's hoping your rage levels have been kept at a manageable "middling" today; they're about to skyrocket. More »
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Usually when we talk about the misuse of ultrasound technology it has to do with women being forced into interacting with a fetus when they just want an abortion. However, a frightening new study found that the test doctors use to determine whether or not women have miscarried may be flawed. That means that women may be ending wanted pregnancies because their doctor mistakenly tells them they've miscarried. More »
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If you're pregnant and feel you're running low on things to worry about, we have some news you'll want to hear. A new study presents troubling information about a possible link between anti-inflammatory drugs and miscarriage, complete with conflicting expert advice on how alarmed you should be. More »
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British researchers have come up with a preliminary index to predict which pregnancies will end in miscarriage, with 94 percent accuracy rate. It requires no equipment and can help doctors inexpensively focus resources on high-risk pregnancies. More »
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A British doctor was jailed for six years for trying to induce a miscarriage in a woman without her consent. Now he'll lose his medical license too. More »
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Last month, a billboard went up in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Carrying the endorsement of New Mexico Right To Life, it announced that a woman had decided to "kill our child." Now the woman, Nani Lawrence, who apparently had a miscarriage, has successfully sued to have the billboard taken down and be granted an order of protection. More »
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness! Every Wednesday, we drink the Kool-Aid poured by Ok!, Us, In Touch, Star and Life & Style. This week, Katie Holmes is unofficially officially pregnant; Pippa Middleton is secretly engaged; Prince Harry has told Chelsy Davy that she's "next"; Brad's got a new tatto, inspired by Angelina; and Muse singer Matthew Bellamy got some girl pregnant right before he started shtupping Kate Hudson. More »
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A bill currently before the Georgia House of Representatives would not only outlaw all abortions — it would also require that women who miscarry undergo investigation to make sure there was "no human involvement whatsoever." They could also face jail time and even death. Herewith, some of the bill's most insane provisions: More »
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In a disturbing pharmacy mixup, a pregnant woman was given an abortion drug that could cause miscarriage or birth defects. Now she has to wait to see if her pregnancy will be affected — and pharmacies all over the country need to figure out how to keep this from happening again. More »
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Just days after suffering her second miscarriage, Lily Allen was rushed to the hospital with blood poisoning. She's responding well to treatment, and seems to be deriving strength from people's well-wishes, but still: Some good news for this gal already? More »
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It's not just in Poland: When a thirteen-year-old Peruvian girl was raped and impregnated, she jumped out of the window in despair. She was denied both proper treatment for her injuries and an abortion, as she discusses in this video. More »
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A Polish woman died because doctors kept refusing to treat her colon condition. The reason: they were worried she might miscarry. More »
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What's it like for a man when an unplanned pregnancy ends in miscarriage? One man writes about feeling unready and then relieved, which "should have given me far more pause than it did. Now I know how to read myself." More »
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Seven women imprisoned in Guanajuato, Mexico for up to 8 years have been freed after legal reforms reduced the 25-to-35-year sentencing. A local women's activist says they miscarried; the hard-line anti-abortion state says they delivered live babies. More »
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• A Planned Parenthood in Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop a law that would require mental health screening for women seeking abortions. If they are unsuccessful, the law will go into effect next month. •  More »
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A new study shows antidepressant use during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, casting even further doubt on what the hell depressed moms-to-be are supposed to do. More »
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Miscarriages: tragic in real life, overused on television as a way to avoid hot-button issues. And when it comes to her character on Big Love, Amanda Seyfried agrees. More »
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•  Defense lawyers have asked that the public stop vilifying the six teens charged with in the death of Phoebe Prince. Several of the accused bullies have received death threats, and one has even been driven from her house. More »
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Last month, Utah sought to criminalize a woman's "reckless act" that led to miscarriage. Now the governor has signed a bill designating "intentional or knowing" miscarriage as criminal homicide — which really isn't much better. More »
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The Utah bill that would have criminalized miscarriage is going back to the State Legislature, which will remove some of its worst elements. However, Utah still wants to make some miscarriage a felony. More »
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Last night's episode focused on Jackie, who drinks eight bottles of wine every day, due to grief over a miscarriage she suffered years ago. Despite the consequences—divorce, DUI, losing custody of her daughter—she insists she's not an alcoholic. More »
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• Lily Allen has spoken about her miscarriage, which she describes as "the worst time of my life." She says:

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"Some people say that a miscarriage is too private to discuss at work. But why? It's an important part of a woman's experience. It is not dirty or evil or shameful." - Penelope Trunk in the Guardian today. [Guardian] More »
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Just when you thought Penelope Trunk's tweeted miscarriage was old news, along comes Kathleen Parker, raising her voice yet again on behalf of women who can't stand other women. More »
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Dr. Edwin Erin has been charged with attempting to poison his pregnant lover after police found miscarriage drugs in the bottom of her tea cup. Erin tried three times, but Prowse recently gave birth to a healthy boy. [Independent] More »
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Last week, career advisor Penelope Trunk Twittered about her miscarriage, sending the blogosphere into a frenzy. I, for one, was nonplussed. But after watching Trunk hold her own with CNN's Rick Sanchez, I've changed my mind. To a point. More »
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Columnist, blogger, and CEO of the career site Brazencareerist.com Penelope Trunk sent a Tweet so unprecedented in its TMI-ness that it's now national news — but hopefully not part of the abortion debate. For the love of god, why? More »
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• Let's start with a feel good story today: High school seniors Vikky Cruz and Deoine Scott were voted best couple at their Bronx school, beating out the two opposite-sex couples in the running by a landslide. • More »
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• A group of junior high students in Japan formed a "Miscarriage Club" to harass their pregnant teacher, who they accused of playing favorites. • More »
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Because apparently there's...no procedure for this sort of thing. More »
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Over at Momlogic, guest blogger "Gina" says that she's totally pro-choice, but similarly-minded women should hush up and take it when they miscarry. (You can probably tell where this is going.) More »
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With another day comes yet another study of the effects of abortion on women. The newest study by researchers at Johns Hopkins shows that what little hard scientific research exists on how women feel after an abortion indicates that women who have abortions don't tend to have more emotional problems than ones that don't. This is, of course, the opposite of the New Zealand study that came out this week. To help dispel any remaining confusion, we've put all the things abortion might or might not do to you are after the jump. But, so that you can play along, it's your job to separate the God's honest truth accepted by every scientist, pro-choice activist and anti-abortion advocate from the drivel. More »
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