More Abortions in a Recession
How the recession is affecting people and their decisions about having children.
View ArticleBoy Refusing Chemo Ordered to Foster Care (and Other Updates)
A boy who went to court to refuse chemotherapy is missing, Planned Parenthood of New York City is reporting an increase in patient visits, and other updates.
View ArticlePatients Pay Tribute to a Murdered Doctor
Tributes to the doctor who was murdered in Kansas are piling up, both in person and online.
View ArticleMore Young, Single and Pregnant
Thoughts on the responses to Emmie, the young woman — 22, single, unexpectedly pregnant and about to start a prestigious, difficult graduate program — who wrote asking for readers’ advice.
View ArticleChoosing Not to Keep the Baby
The young woman who found herself unexpectedly pregnant as she was about to start a grueling and prestigious Master’s degree program has finally reached a decision.
View ArticleThe Fate of Two Unplanned Pregnancies
Some of this year’s posters provide updates on their lives and discuss how they felt about the help, and the criticism, they received from Motherlode readers.
View ArticleParenthood, Not Abortion, Linked to Mental Illness
A study of hundreds of thousands of women finds no link between abortion and depression. Giving birth, on the other hand ...
View ArticleIs ‘Choice’ Less Accepted for Mothers?
Since the recession started, 72 percent of women seeking abortion services have been mothers.
View ArticleChoosing to Have a Child With Down Syndrome
I support abortion rights. I've had two abortions. But I have problems with the messages that often go along with prenatal testing.
View ArticleStudy Linking Abortion and Mental Health Problems Is Called False
The Journal of Psychiatric Research criticizes an earlier paper linking abortion and mental health disorders, saying that the authors' analysis "does not support their assertions that abortions led to...
View ArticlePregnant at 49
My husband and I agreed that we would terminate a fetus with genetic defects. We're too old to parent a special-needs child.
View ArticleEgyptian Abortion, American Choice
Doctors said the baby I carried, with Trisomy 18, Down syndrome and heart failure, was unlikely to survive. My federal insurance plan would not cover an abortion.
View ArticleRoe at 40: Judging a Mother’s Choice
I am a woman who supports abortion rights. Before having children, I would have said that reflexively. As a mother, I no longer can.
View ArticleOutlawing Abortion Won’t Help Children with Down Syndrome
Some parents are celebrating the news that North Dakota has become the first state to outlaw abortion for fetal conditions like Down syndrome. I'm not.
View Article23 Weeks Pregnant, With ‘No Good Choices’
I was 23 weeks pregnant when the doctor said four words that changed three lives: "The heart looks abnormal."
View ArticleThe Price of a Child I Wouldn’t Let Go
Eleven years ago, when we learned about our then-unborn son's critical heart defects, we chose to fight for him. I've never regretted that choice, but it's a choice that came at a price measured in...
View ArticlePregnant, With ‘No Plans to Have Another Baby’ and No Ready Options
"I am a long time poster, but am here now under a different identity as it is much easier to ask for OB/GYN recommendations for having babies rather than terminating a pregnancy."
View ArticleChildless, With Regret and Advice: Don’t Wait for the Perfect Picture
I didn't want to become my mother, so I actively avoided becoming a mother at all until it was too late.
View ArticleA Movie Scene About Abortion, With a Message for Mother and Daughter
I don't want my daughters to have abortions. I do want them to know they can come to me, like the character in "Obvious Child" goes to her mother.
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