Pregnancy and Childbirth

What to Expect When You're Expecting: Cameron Diaz (and Others) Get Knocked Up

Name-a-Shaq: Shaq Thompson, Shaquille O'Neal, and the NCAA's Shaq-Filled 2012 Recruiting Class

When the University of Washington landed top-ranked football recruit Shaq Thompson last week, Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian gleefully declared it is "just awesome" that the hard-hitting safety from Sacramento opted to attend UW over California, Oregon, and other top-tier schools. Even more awesom ... More >>

Reservations and Organ Meat Requests Up at Farm Featured in Bizarre Foods' Seattle Episode

Last weekend's menu at La Boucherie, the restaurant at Sea Breeze Farm, featured house-made anglotti filled with farmstead ricotta and sweet potato mousse; seared Brussels sprouts with farm bacon and a crispy duck breast served with apple-potato hash. Blood, placenta and colostrum weren't among the ... More >>

Gaby Rodriguez's New Book Shows Remarkable Personal Side of Teen Who Faked Pregnancy

Gaby Rodriguez, the Toppenish teen who ignited a storm of media interest when she faked a pregnancy for a high school project, has just come out with a book. The Pregnancy Project will still have some people scratching their heads about why she went through with such a wrenching deception. But the b ... More >>

Gaby Rodriguez's Fake Pregnancy Project Is a National Hit

Last April, 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez at last removed her fake baby belly and revealed to her shocked classmates at Toppenish High School that it was all a ruse, a grand social experiment designed to force her community to examine how they treat pregnant teens.

Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell Rip Obama on Contraception Blocking

​Citing his status as the "father of two daughters" President Obama last week endorsed the decision by Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop making the "Plan B" contraceptive available for girls under 16 without a prescription. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell now ask WTF?

Jennifer Fox, 'Miscarriage' Occupy Protestor, Has Told This Tale Before

Yesterday we told you about Jennifer Fox, the three-months-pregnant Occupy Seattle protestor who says that she had a miscarriage after being beaten and pepper sprayed by Seattle police during last week's march near Westlake park. KIRO now reports that she may have sung this tune before.

Imka Pope, Homeless Woman Forced to Give Birth in King County Jail, Will Finally Get Her Day In Court

​Cold, alone, and in the grip of an intense psychotic episode, Imka Pope squatted down in a King County Jail cell and delivered a baby boy onto the concrete. Fourteen years later, with the memories still fresh of how she'd told the guards she was giving birth, but been ignored, Pope's lawsuit ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Pushback

Why is the family-values party devaluing families?

Abortion Foes Should Stop Attacking Planned Parenthood and Start Promoting Immigration

​The newly conservative House of Representatives voted on Friday to eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood in an attempt to derail abortion services. The political gamesmanship, which now moves on to the Senate, ignores the fact that abortion rates have already dropped dramatical ... More >>

Study: More Trees = Bigger Babies

​Oh, scientists. Give them a few million bucks and next thing you know you're moving your pregnant wife into the treehouse in the backyard. Don't follow? Check out the new study by Oregon researchers which, they say, shows that more trees in a neighborhood leads to bigger, healthier babies bei ... More >>

Today in Sex: MTV Does Abortion

​Last night MTV aired their answer to all the people who wonder why abortion never seem to come up during any episodes of their teen pregnancy reality shows, "16 and Pregnant" or "Teen Mom." Well, now it has. "No Easy Decision" showed Markai and James (unfortunately, two "16 and Pregnant" alum ... More >>

Phiengchai Synhavong Gets Life In Prison For Cutting Baby Out Of Pregnant Woman's Womb

​Phiengchai Synhavong claimed she was crazy when she tied up 27-year-old Araceli Camacho Gomez then cut out her fetus with a box cutter. Most people wouldn't argue. But from a legal standpoint, jurors in the bizarre case weren't buying it as an excuse. And after being convicted of murder last ... More >>

Today in Sex: Celebrate Sex Education Week!

​I grew up in a nice liberal suburb of New Jersey where—along with math, science and existentialism—our public school provided a comprehensive, scare-tactic-based foundation in sex education. Along with the boring stuff like the mechanics of the act and pregnancy prevention, we were ... More >>

Today in Sex: Wrap It Up, Grandpa!

​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

Mother Accused of Starving Baby Because it was too Fat

Brittainy Labberton of Bellevue was only 20 years old when she gave birth to her daughter in August of 2008. Still, no matter how young you are, most parents should know that babies are supposed to be fat and cuddly. Right? Labberton and her husband Scott stand charged with third-degree criminal ... More >>

Somali Scare

Mental illness may have caused a woman's terror-evoking rant on a local school bus.

Pigheaded Strategy

When it comes to swine—or at least swine flu—Tacoma and Pierce County are a step ahead.

Heather Armstrong

When it comes to swine—or at least swine flu—Tacoma and Pierce County are a step ahead.

Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

What is a sweeter sight than a preggers M.I.A.?

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Review: Spring Awakening at the Paramount

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Baby, baby!

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Empowerment and Romance, Sweetly Baked, With Tragic Aftertaste in Waitress

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Petting Zoo

Washington state's nonexistent sex-education standards have made lips the new zipper. By Nina Shapiro

Ask an Uptight Seattleite

Thanking your bus driver.

Unplanned Parenthood

Mitzi's Abortion bravely confronts the pain of a pregnancy gone awry.

Drifting Clouds

José Rivera's language gets a little nebulous in this magical-realist drama.

They Had Abortions

A new film inspires women to stand by their choices and speak out. There's even talk of the moral complexities—up to a point.

The A-Word

A new film inspires women to stand by their choices and speak out. There's even talk of the moral complexities—up to a point.

Malpractice Assurance

A 4-year-old is dead, and the doctor who erred is still allowed to practice. No wonder liability insurance is driving up health care costs.

Birth Rights and Wrongs

There's no stronger advocate for natural childbirth than uncompromising midwife Debra O'Conner. But a tragic pregnancy and a state investigation of her practice reveal a clash of values: At what point should midwifery yield to medical intervention?

Adventures in Gift Giving

There's no stronger advocate for natural childbirth than uncompromising midwife Debra O'Conner. But a tragic pregnancy and a state investigation of her practice reveal a clash of values: At what point should midwifery yield to medical intervention?

You, Imagined

Identifying with the liars in Lance Olsen's new novel.

Tramps & Scamps

Identifying with the liars in Lance Olsen's new novel.

Opel's Hopeful

Mom hopes children will help her escape the death penalty.

Days of our nights

Mom hopes children will help her escape the death penalty.

Encyclopaedia of Evil

Mom hopes children will help her escape the death penalty.

Here's the skinny

Mom hopes children will help her escape the death penalty.

A bitter pill

Mom hopes children will help her escape the death penalty.

$200 worth of prevention

A new Seattle nonprofit wants to bribe drug abusing women to not have children.

Sticking it to ya

Patient protections face a death sentence from the Legislature.

Female trouble

There's nothing soft at the Women in Cinema Festival.

Misbegotten identity

Annex's new devised show leaves a confused impression

Letters

Rebirth

Letters

Keelhauled

Birth Control

When did the movement to empower pregnant women to make informed choices turn into a guilt-laden cult?

Our Endorsements

I-200: Affirmative Action

Eating by the Book

Or, why a pregnant woman should eat corn dogs.

Letters

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