¿No Te Baja? which translates as Missed Your Period? makes use of bright colors, engaging cartoon characters and relatable, non-technical, language to inform and guide users through the steps they can take to terminate a pregnancy using Misoprostol…. Misoprostol, a drug used to treat ulcers, is easily available for purchase throughout Mexico, and, unlike in […]
In every society, there are two critical lists: acceptable conditions for having a baby, and acceptable conditions for having sex. From time immemorial, the one thing that almost every society had in common was that their two lists matched up.
It was only with the widespread acceptance of contraception in the middle of the 20th century, creating an upheaval in the public psyche in which sex and babies no longer went hand-in-hand, that the two lists began to diverge. And now, in 21st-century America, they look something like this:
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have sex:
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have a baby:
What is the nature and purpose of the kidney versus the nature and purpose of the uterus? The answer tells us why a woman is not obligated to give her child her kidney but is obligated to “give” her child her uterus. … The kidneys exist for the health and proper functioning of the body […]
On Dec. 1, 2011, I underwent an emergency C-section. Mysterious pain brought me into the emergency room, and it was discovered that I was experiencing a partial placental abruption…. I now know that it was pain from the cancer growing inside me that brought me to the emergency room that day. It was the cancer […]
Charles Tillman, a star cornerback for the Chicago Bears, said in an interview the other day that it was possible he would miss Sunday’s big game with the Houston Texans if his pregnant wife went into labor….
It’s really wonderful. There are no words to describe it. I mean, to say “It’s wonderful” sounds minuscule. When you get to see your baby for the first time, and they put him on your chest, and you’re looking into each other’s eyes, this feeling just washes over you and there are really no words. […]
Twenty weeks into Spelling’s fourth pregnancy, doctors diagnosed her with a condition known as placenta previa – a condition in which the placenta covers the cervix, leading to massive internal bleeding. She was even at risk for a bleed catastrophic enough to force doctors to terminate her pregnancy. “I just remember thinking, I can’t leave […]
After taking to her Facebook page September 19 to announce that she is indeed pregnant with her first child, a source close to the new Voice mentor, 35, tells Us Weekly she and her soccer-star beau Gerard Pique are already planning for a sibling. “They definitely want more than one together,” the source reveals. “Shakira […]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
