Pregnancy and Childbirth

Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies

2013-03-12 11:34:00

In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...

Idaho law banning abortions after 20 weeks ruled unconstitutional

2013-03-07 13:25:00

SEATTLE — A federal judge has struck down an Idaho law prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks, ruling that the so-called fetal pain law violates U.S. Supreme Court prohibitions against unduly impeding a woman’s ability to seek an abortion before...

Hours after baby dies, police ID suspect in Brooklyn hit-and-run

2013-03-04 13:28:00

NEW YORK -- A suspect in the hit-and-run deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband has been identified, hours after the death of the premature baby the woman was carrying, New York police said Monday. Police said they were looking for Julio Acevedo, 44,...

What we need in a pope

2013-03-03 00:00:00

On Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to willingly step down from his position. What kind of man will the cardinals who have gathered in Rome from around the world choose to be his successor? We asked Catholics from a...

Bonnie Franklin dies at 69; mom on TV's 'One Day at a Time'

2013-03-02 00:00:00

Bonnie Franklin, the actress who created an indelible television character playing a divorced, working mother of two headstrong daughters on the long-running series "One Day at a Time," died Friday at her Los Angeles home. She was 69. The cause was...

Jury orders death penalty in 1988 murder of pregnant O.C. woman

2013-03-01 07:03:11

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban

2013-02-26 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate America's most famous working mother has banned her employees from working at home. Now the backlash is threatening to overshadow the progress she has made turning around Yahoo Inc. Marissa Mayer, one of only a handful of...

C. Everett Koop dies at 96; former U.S. surgeon general

2013-02-25 00:00:00

In the mid-1980s, the emerging AIDS epidemic was a high-profile target of vocal conservatives. Politicians and the religious right called for sweeping measures against those diagnosed with AIDS, including quarantine of patients, mandatory screening of...

Texas parents agree to let pregnant teen keep her baby

2013-02-19 14:30:00

HOUSTON -- Attorneys for a pregnant Texas girl who sued her parents after alleging that they tried to force her to have an abortion have negotiated an agreement allowing her to keep the baby. “This is a tremendous victory and another life has been...

'Downton Abbey' recap: Ending on a (very) down note

2013-02-18 07:00:00

Just wondering, is it possible for a show to make you clinically depressed? And if so, what are the chances I can submit my therapy bills directly to Julian Fellowes for reimbursement? “Downton Abbey” ends a season already defined by loss,...

2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript

2013-02-12 18:00:00

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...

Beyonce's Vogue interview: 10 things about Blue Ivy and more

2013-02-12 10:36:00

Beyonc� is stripping down and baring it all in a refreshing way in her March interview with Vogue, in which she gushes about her baby girl Blue Ivy, childbirth, work and being Mrs. Jay-Z. Though the interview for the mag's March issue happened before...

When Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student, spoke at a healthcare hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, she advocated for expanding access to birth control.

2012-12-11 16:55:17

"Pregnant Woman" by Louise Bourgeois

2012-11-02 09:12:00

Gunfire shatters window, glass cuts reportedly pregnant woman inside

2012-10-17 00:00:00