Protecting Pregnant Workers

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
The National Women’s Law Center urges that laws be passed to ensure paid family leave and accommodations for pregnant employees.
Published date: January 2, 2019 at 08:26PM
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New York Times article

A Mother’s Right to Life

By RACHEL L. HARRIS and LISA TARCHAK
NYT
Parents and medical professionals respond to an essay on America’s rising maternal mortality rate and the competing interests of mothers and doctors during childbirth.
Published date: December 3, 2018 at 12:30PM
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New York Times article

The Shameful Facts About Maternal Deaths in America

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
The United States has the worst rate among developed countries. Readers discuss where to point the finger of blame.
Published date: November 25, 2018 at 09:00PM
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New York Times article

Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and NATALIE KITROEFF
NYT
Women in strenuous jobs lost their pregnancies after employers denied their requests for light duty, even ignoring doctors’ notes, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Published date: October 21, 2018 at 08:05PM
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New York Times article

Should You Give Birth at a Birth Center?

By ALICE CALLAHAN
NYT Family
For uncomplicated pregnancies, they offer an alternative to the typically expensive and intervention-heavy maternity care system.
Published date: September 25, 2018 at 12:00PM
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New York Times article

Hairy Baby? Better Get a C-section. Gingivitis? C-section. Scoliosis? C-section.

By VANESSA BARBARA
NYT
The challenges of trying to give birth naturally in surgery-happy Brazil.
Published date: August 27, 2018 at 06:00PM
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New York Times article

Don’t Let Politics Come Between Me and My Patients

By JULIE CHOR
NYT
The Trump administration’s proposed domestic gag rule is an assault on the patient-provider relationship.
Published date: July 25, 2018 at 06:01PM
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New York Times article

Doctors and Health Workers Reflect on Rural America’s Limited Access to Care

By KELLY VIRELLA
NYT
Medical professionals and health care industry workers describe the hardships involved in trying to provide care in rural areas.
Published date: July 19, 2018 at 10:02PM
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New York Times article

It’s 4 a.m. The Baby’s Coming. But the Hospital Is 100 Miles Away.

By JACK HEALY
NYT
After years of cost-cutting and closures, fewer than half of the nation’s rural counties now have a hospital that offers any obstetric care, researchers say.
Published date: July 17, 2018 at 09:00AM
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New York Times article

A Family in Transition

By JACKIE MOLLOY and DENISE GRADY
NYT
Two fathers and the baby girl they never expected.
Published date: June 16, 2018 at 12:00PM
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New York Times article

‘Consider an Abortion’: An Epidemic of Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination

By NATALIE KITROEFF and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
NYT
Many of the country’s largest companies systematically sideline pregnant women. They pass them over for promotions and raises. They fire them when they complain.
Published date: June 15, 2018 at 01:00PM
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New York Times article

Want to See Your Baby? In China, It Can Cost You

By SUI-LEE WEE
NYT
A hospital demanded that a woman pay her bills before she could see her newborn twins, illustrating a plight that many face in the Chinese medical system.
Published date: May 22, 2018 at 12:08PM
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New York Times article