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Enforcing Death Rituals after Miscarriage is Just Plain Cruel
The Indiana legislature claims it wants to protect unborn children and their parents. Last week Governor Mike Pence gave his blessing to...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Apr 15, 2016
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Yes, We Should Tell about our Miscarriages on Facebook
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg joyfully announced on Facebook that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a daughter. More solemnly,...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Aug 18, 2015
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VULVALUV: Taking Wearable Tech to a New Place
It seems like every day a new health tracking gizmo appears in stores. The fitbit. The Apple Watch. TICKRx. Leaf, a tracker that’s...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Jul 21, 2015
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The Beauty of the Post-Pregnant Body: Reka Szabo’s Baby Pouch Dance
* My book, The Modern Period: Menstruation in Twentieth-Century America, is on sale for $30 hardcover! It’s time to write about naked...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Oct 20, 2014
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If the IUD is an Abortifacient, then so is Chemotherapy and Lunch Meat
When I criticized Hobby Lobby for its attempts to evade the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, a friend of mine thoughtfully replied,...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
May 21, 2014
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Sportscasters Apologize, But Do They Miss the Point?
On Friday, April 4, sportscasters Boomer and Carton apologized for their remarks criticizing baseball player Daniel Murphy’s decision to...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Apr 5, 2014
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Sportscasters Advocate Elective Cesarean Section
Yesterday, Momsrising.org and others excoriated sportscasters Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton for obnoxiously opining that baseball...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Apr 4, 2014
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Misunderstanding Miscarriage
Miscarriage rarely makes the news, except in tabloids. But last year, Virginia state Senator Mark Obenshain’s ill-advised attempt to...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Mar 28, 2014
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Innovations in Marketing to Pregnant Women: Sears “Baby Book,” 1907
In 1907, Sears came up with a fantastic new idea for marketing to pregnant women: it hired Mrs. Eliza Emerson Goff to organize all its...

Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Mar 20, 2014
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