Usually my big WTF moments come from the magical wonderland of American politics. Like when poor Thad McCotter (R-MI) recently discovered that his petition to run for reelection on the Republican ticket is invalid because instead of getting 1000 signatures,…
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New on Babble: Doctor Botches Abortion, Must Pay Mother Child Support
As part of my gig writing about pregnancy for Babble, I get a lot of Google alerts related to pregnancy, birth, fertility, abortion, and other germane topics. This, unfortunately, often yields me a slew of links to news stories that…
New on Babble: 10 Wildly Inappropriate Answers To “When Are You Due?”
You know the old joke about how you should never insinuate that a woman is pregnant unless you can see a baby emerging from her body? Well, I’m at the point in pregnancy where that apparently no longer applies because…
New on Babble: Which Comes First: Poverty or Teen Pregnancy?
Here’s an interesting new finding: teen pregnancy may not lead to poverty. In fact, poverty may lead to teen pregnancy. Mind-blowing, right? Here’s a little of what I wrote about this over at Babble today: There’s a new paper in…
Shocker: Women Know What They’re Doing
Remember a few months ago when I lost my shit over all the hoops legislators all over the country were making women jump through in order to get an abortion? And I went off on a major rant about the…
New on Babble: Sending Mom To Jail For Doing Drugs While Pregnant?
Did you all see the piece in the New York Time Magazine yesterday about women being prosecuted for “chemical endangerment” of a child after their newborns tested positive for drugs? This is a real thing that’s happening in Alabama. Apparently,…
New At Babble: Things Pregnant Women WISH They Could Say
Here’s a little something-something to get the week started snarkily. I did a series of “motivational” posters with things pregnant women wish they could say to people who say dumb shit to them. Or maybe it’s just stuff I wish…
At Babble: Funny Pregnancy Motivational Posters
I’m at Babble today with a collection of motivational posters for pregnant women. I think they’re totally hilarious. Check one out: To see the whole collection, head on over to Babble!