Pregnancy

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Motherhood and motherland: One woman’s pregnancy experience in Russia

Women & Gender

Amie Ferris-Rotman, a global news editor for New Lines Magazine, wrote a personal essay about her experience being pregnant in Russia, where many citizens believe it is a woman’s patriotic duty to give birth and become a mother. She talked about it with The World’s Marco Werman.

Peggy Young (3rd R) and her attorney Sharon Gustafson (4th R) wave to supporters as they depart the US Supreme Court building on December 3, 2014.

Pregnancy discrimination is still widespread, but this Supreme Court case may change that

Justice
A pregnant woman

In Brazil, half of all mothers have C-sections — whether they want it or not

Health & Medicine