Do Higher Wages During Pregnancy Lead to Healthier Babies?
A new paper suggests that a higher minimum wage during pregnancy improves infant health. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo:…
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Pregnant Women Are Often Taking Untested Drugs That Could Harm Their Unborn Children
Inside a messy and unregulated drug-safety system that excludes women from clinical trials, potentially putting them and their…
Since When Is It OK to Be Pregnant in Public?
As recently as the 1950s, pregnancy was supposed to be a private matter, hidden behind closed doors. By…
Can Exercising During Pregnancy Make for More Active Children?
A study in mice suggests the amount of exercise expectant mothers get during pregnancy can influence how physically…
You’re Pregnant. What Do You Know About the Medication You’re Taking?
Testing prescription drugs on pregnant women is controversial. It's also utterly necessary if we care about the health of both mother and child.
What’s Wrong With Suggesting Women Who Drink Use Birth Control?
Forty percent of births in America are unintended, which can lead to unhealthier babies and kids. But is treating every woman as "pre-pregnant" the answer?
That Time I Took a ‘Baby Deadline’ Test
I sought an answer in science, when the real answer was a foregone conclusion.
A Safe Haven for Whom?
Advocates argue that safe haven laws prevent mothers from abandoning their newborns, but the policy abandons mothers upon dropoff.
Giving Up Baby
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Five Studies: Why IUDs Are Poised to Become the Future of Birth Control
They're the most effective method—perhaps because they're the most empowering.