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There are no known cases of women infected with monkeypox during pregnancy within Australia to date, but there are such cases in the UK and US.
Young parents often look for the name that will be as unique as their kid.
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How we name our children follows trends like any other cultural expression. It’s about taste as well as broader societal shifts.
Women who are pregnant and get infected with COVID have a higher risk of preterm birth.
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In all the research reviewed, none found any safety concerns regarding COVID vaccines during pregnancy.
Rap songs about abortion are rife with raw emotion.
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Several rap songs speak on the subject of abortion from the perspective of the unborn child.
Social media is flush with advice urging non-menstruating people to use period tracking apps in order to trip up the apps’ algorithms.
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It would take huge numbers of people submitting bad data to affect the algorithms behind period tracking apps, but even then it would be more harmful than helpful.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg with Moshe Biton (right) and Aviv Regev (left). The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the major funders of the Human Cell Atlas.
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Pioneered by the Human Cell Atlas consortium, our understanding of the human body is about to be transformed – and with it, the way we treat and prevent disease
The new storage limits may give people more flexibility when it comes to their fertility treatment.
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Previously, eggs and sperm (gametes) and embryos were typically only stored for a maximum of ten years.
A patient seeking abortion services at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
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A moral philosopher explains what’s at stake in second-trimester abortions – and why they’ll increase in a post-Roe world.
Activists protest for the end of shackling pregnant women during birth in prison in New York in 2015.
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Tennessee and Wisconsin are among the states that can jail pregnant women because of illegal substance use, despite major medical groups saying that this practice isn’t effective.
A dozen states now provide a total of $89 million in funding to pregnancy centers.
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Offering free pregnancy tests, sonograms and counseling, the pregnancy help movement maintains more than 2,700 resource centers throughout the United States.
Don’t be afraid to make your preferences clear to your care provider.
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Becoming a parent can be nerve-wracking – but there are many things you can do to feel more in control.
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Regan, England’s first women’s health tsar, has her work cut out for her.
Anti-abortion demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day the court overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion laws.
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After the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade, will more Americans travel for abortions? Inequalities created by this controversial decision will be revealed at border points.
People protesting Poland’s near-total abortion ban.
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An expert explains how reproductive rights are changing globally.
In an ectopic pregnancy, when the growing embryo causes a uterine tube rupture like the one in this micrograph, the patient could die from internal bleeding or infection without emergency surgery.
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Treating a potentially deadly pregnancy complication gets caught up in the abortion debate. A nurse-midwife explains why it shouldn’t.
The mifepristone pill is one option for medication abortion that can be purchased online and used at home.
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Three experts answer questions about the effectiveness, safety and side effects of medication abortion, using mifepristone followed by misoprostol.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, more people could find themselves needing a third-trimester abortion.
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The reasons why people may seek out late-term abortions are complex and are often based on new medical information and delays caused by state policies.
Debate about abortion is often a debate about rights – but whose?
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The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
No baggy shirts and trousers with expanding waistbands, singer Rihanna has chosen form fitting clothing that exposes rather than hides her pregnancy.
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The Victorians are to blame for our conservative ideas about how a pregnant body should look
There’s no need to stop exercising if you’re able to.
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Exercising during pregnancy is safe – and can have many benefits for both mother and baby.