Chrissy Teigen came under fire on social media this week after revealing in an interview that she chose her baby’s gender while undergoing in vitro fertilization to conceive her first child.
Brazil’s tourism industry is already suffering from the international alarm over the Zika virus outbreak that has infected 1.5 million people, with tour operators and hotel bookers experiencing an increase in the number of cancellations, particularly on the part of pregnant women who were planning to travel.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that doctors had confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the tissue of infants who died from microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
The Brazilian government made efforts to warn revelers before the annual Carnival celebrations to protect themselves from the Zika virus by wearing long-sleeved clothing and avoiding kissing and sexual contact, particularly pregnant women.
Doctors in Brazil say they are shocked by what they perceive as a surge in the number of women raising children with microcephaly alone, after their male partners leave them, blaming the woman for their child’s disorder. The number of microcephaly cases in Brazil has increased significantly since the current outbreak of the Zika virus began.
The CDC recommends that pregnant couples who may have been exposed to the Zika virus abstain from sex until their babies are born.
Growing numbers of wealthy Brazilian women are leaving the country to protect their unborn children from the Zika virus.
A South African mayor defended his decision to award scholarship based on virginity as a way to reduce AIDs and unwanted pregnancies.
HOUSTON, Texas — A dead baby found in a Texas high school bathroom this week has been autopsied by a medical examiner.
A transgender patient in Philadelphia was shocked to learn that “he” had become pregnant, even in the midst of sex change treatments.
An article in the current issue of The Economist shines a spotlight on an ugly problem in Japanese corporate life: harassment of pregnant women to the point of urging them to get abortions if they wish to save their careers.
A baby girl was delivered in the back of an SUV Sunday afternoon, on the busy 405 freeway in Orange County. . The father and the couple’s two young children were guided through the birthing process by an Orange County Fire Authority dispatcher over the phone.
On June 14, 2015, Bethesda Softworks released Fallout Shelter, a simulation game about managing the populace of an underground fallout shelter in which female characters can become pregnant. But the reactions that the pregnant characters have to in-game events were criticized by feminist cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian:
In response to the chorus of critics who attacked her after she announced she was pregnant, Bristol Palin posted a follow up blog post titled “My Little Blessing,” affirming her strong pro-life beliefs and clarifying some of the misrepresentations being made about her.
The Gawker article denigrates Bristol for ignoring that “she has any choice in the matter,” as the pro-abortion left likes to characterize their view of what Christians like the Palins believe is murder of an innocent unborn child.
Authorities in Enugu State, Nigeria, discovered a “baby factory” and have arrested owner Ikechukwu Onoh during the raid. The “factory” consisted of nine pregnant women waiting to give birth to children later sold to wealthy families.
A new study from Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey released this week National Infertility Awareness Week found that millennials are a little too cocky about waiting until their careers are established and they are in their thirties in order to have a child.
Los Angeles-based model Sarah Stage is eight and a half months pregnant and still looks every bit as stunning as her peers, which has attracted some negative attention from critics who say she’s too fit to be carrying a healthy baby.
Pregnant smokers in Ohio who quit smoking will be rewarded with free diapers, courtesy of a state grant from the health department’s Child and Family Health Services.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted a survey of American women between 15 and 44 who have taken opioids, and the results show how pervasive and dangerous the problem has become among pregnant women.
