Terricka Cromartie Was Worried Her Pregnancy Would Be 'Categorized By a Number'

Antonio Cromartie and his wife Terricka are expecting twins, in spite of the New York Jets player’s 2011 vasectomy. Terricka now says that a fear of being judged by her husband’s past relationships—he has eight children with a number of different women and two with her—kept her from immediately sending out an excited…

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Texas Just Made It Much, Much Harder For Abused or Neglected Minors to Get an Abortion 

In May of this year, Texas passed HB 3994, a law making it nearly impossible for pregnant minors to obtain abortions without parental consent. For good measure, the Texas Supreme Court has now released an additional set of rules that could land those pregnant minors in legal limbo pretty much forever, or at least—as…

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Chrissy Teigen Shares Pregnancy Photo, Internet Lectures Her About Her Body 

Chrissy Teigen shared a perfectly mundane photo of her “baby bump.” Though “baby bump” is a phrase that I deeply despise, it’s really the best way to describe the genre of photo Teigen shared—the mirror-reflected selfie meant to document the shifting contours of a pregnant woman’s body. It’s the kind of photograph…

Senate Blocks 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill, But Republican Political Theater Continues Apace

The Senate has voted down a bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks. This is good news. It’s also part of an elaborate build-up of infuriating political theater that will result in Congressional Republicans throwing a tantrum next week and shutting the government down over abortion.