Teen Birthrate Drops in 2008

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2010 There weren't as many children having children in the U.S. in 2008. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of teen pregnancies dropped by 2 percent that year, hopefully signaling a downward trend, after climbing over the two previous years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Get Pregnant, Get Court-Martialed

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2009 Remember when protecting women's rights was given as a justification for invading countries? Well, the U.S. general in northern Iraq has added pregnancy to the reasons why a soldier could be court-martialed -- a list that includes selling weapons and taking drugs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condoms, Not Laws, Help Cut Abortions

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2009 This isn't going to sound all that shocking, but remember that this country is still wrapping its head around evolution: Criminalizing abortion does not reduce the number of abortions; it reduces the number of safe abortions. Contraception, however, does reduce abortions, according to an epic study of 197 countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Million-Dollar Baby: How Much Would You Pay for a Baby If You Couldn’t Have One?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2009 Is there a fairer way to compensate surrogate mothers? Too often, surrogacy is about a wealthy couple hiring a poor woman to breed for them.Too often, surrogacy is about a wealthy couple hiring a poor woman to breed for them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Inside Bush’s War on Birth Control

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 26, 2009 A court ruling offers a chilling compendium of accounts by doctors and other FDA professionals who were routinely thwarted as they tried to make the "morning after" pill available, especially to teenagers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Eight Is (More Than) Enough

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 It turns out that the woman who recently gave birth to eight babies already had six in vitro kids at home, no spouse, no job and a pending bankruptcy. There's a word for this achievement of medicine's reproductive business: nuts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Will Rip Away the ‘Global Gag’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 In the next move of a partisan ping-pong game over women's reproductive health, Obama is slated to reverse the despicable "global gag rule" that refuses U.S. aid to foreign health clinics that even mention the word that begins with an A. And sounds like "shma-shmortion." It's abortion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let’s Pledge to Stop Being Stupid About Teen Sex

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 2, 2009 "Virginity pledges" are one of the ways that government officials measure whether abstinence-only education is "working." They count the pledges as proof that teens will abstain. It turns out that this is like counting New Year's resolutions as proof that you lost 10 pounds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

From Barracuda to Scapegoat

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Nov 13, 2008 Have you ever seen a transformation this fast? Think of it as evolution on steroids. But don't think Sarah Palin will go quietly into that good Arctic night. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain Pregnancy

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Pathetic News

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Palin Cut Funds for Teen Moms

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, now the mother of a pregnant teen, cut state funds that would have helped house and support teenage mothers. This on top of the news that both Palin and John McCain have opposed teen pregnancy prevention programs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )