The Quiverfull movement saddles women with a life of submission and near-constant pregnancies. One mother explains how she embraced the extreme Christian lifestyle -- and why she left.
By Kathryn Joyce Mar 14, 2009
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New York becomes the fourth state to ban an inhumane practice
By Abigail Kramer
May 28, 2009
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I know I'm too young, but every time I look at one, I want one. How to delay my desire?
By Cary Tennis
May 4, 2009
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In a Fox interview, the new teen mother makes an almost unwitting argument for reproductive choice before Mom barges in and twists her words.
By Rebecca Traister
February 18, 2009
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Why Obama needs a team of impatient, unforgiving, third-trimester renegades to whip this country into shape.
By Heather Havrilesky
January 27, 2009
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After 10 years I'm still as anguished as the day his car pulled away from the curb.
By Cary Tennis
April 27, 2009
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A 25-year-old Spanish male is set to give birth to twins in September. Watch out, Thomas Beatie!
By Thomas Rogers
March 23, 2009
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Has the home-birth movement become overzealous? A New York magazine story looks at the ongoing debate over the best way to have a baby.
By Rebecca Traister
March 23, 2009
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A proposed Tennessee law may hurt the drug-addicted pregnant women it's intended to help.
By Nancy Goldstein
February 25, 2009
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He heard on the radio that scheming women will do anything to get pregnant.
By Cary Tennis
February 25, 2009
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The story of the 33-year-old single mom who gave birth to octuplets just keeps getting weirder.
By Sarah Hepola
February 2, 2009
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Apparently, some people really like attention. And babies!
By Sarah Hepola
November 13, 2008
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The Gloucester teen who got $200 for pain, suffering and international infamy.
By Amy Benfer
October 30, 2008
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The new mother attributes her pregnancy to magic waterfalls in Australia. Oh yeah, that's right: She was married to Tom Cruise.
By Abby Margulies
September 24, 2008
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Please, women, don't speculate on my hips' suitability for childbearing!
By Cary Tennis
July 9, 2008
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This family-friendly event features teenagers with fake bellies and signs reading, "Sluts missed sex ed."
By Tracy Clark-Flory
July 9, 2008
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The media is apoplectic about the knocked-up Gloucester girls, but as a former teen mother, I think there was some wisdom in their plan.
By Amy Benfer
June 27, 2008
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He recoils at the idea now, but he's only 26. Should I assume he'll change? Or move on?
By Cary Tennis
June 10, 2008
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Washington state prisons offer incarcerated mothers birth and parenting support.
By Lynn Harris
June 4, 2008
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A homicide conviction is overturned in South Carolina.
By Lynn Harris
May 14, 2008
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Even women in their 40s should use protection.
By Lynn Harris
May 7, 2008
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More expectant moms are working until the last possible minute.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 30, 2008
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How can you bring a kid into the world when you can't know in advance if the kid wants to exist?
By Cary Tennis
April 18, 2008
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I just want to make babies. I want it so much I feel insane.
By Cary Tennis
March 31, 2008
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I put everything I had into the hope of raising children. It isn't going to happen. Now what?
By Cary Tennis
March 13, 2008