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Mother of child hidden in drawer from birth jailed
Prosecutors say the girl had "never known daylight or fresh air" when she was found.Top stories - BBC News - 23 hours ago -
Birth at 20: Jonathan Glazer’s magnificent, misunderstood masterpiece
The director’s fantastical drama, starring a never-better Nicole Kidman, was booed and criticised in 2004 but its fans have grown over time. It’s the score that hooks you first in Birth: that ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
How I Discovered I Was Stolen at Birth
There could have been as many 50,000 babies trafficked out of Chile between the 1950s and the 1990s.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Adopted children to have closer contact with birth families
"Letterbox" contact is outdated, a report says, and face-to-face contact should be encouraged, if safe.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
Experience: A tick gave birth in my ear
It was surrounded by eight babies. With its long spindly legs, it looked like a crab. After a terrible sleep, I raised my head and noticed drops of blood on my pillow. My earache must have been ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Women switched at birth in 1965: "They kept it secret"
The babies - one born on Feb. 14 and the other on Feb. 15, 1965 - are now 59-year-old women and they are filing a lawsuit.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
'My cancer was found as I was about to give birth'
After a Caesarean section, Laura Hudson had to endure chemotherapy and have a mastectomy.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
Folic acid added to flour to lessen birth defects
Fortifying bread and flour will help reduce neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
Birth control on the ballot as abortion bans increase barriers to family planning
Millions of Americans will be able to vote on November ballots whether to protect access to birth control such as IUDs, the pill and emergency contraception.Politics - NBC News - November 1 -
Swapped at birth: Two women discovered they weren’t who they thought they were
It was only a home DNA test but its unexpected results rocked two families to their core.Top stories - BBC News - November 2 -
Women switched at birth in 1965 sue for breach of human rights
A mom and two grown up girls who were accidentally switched at birth are suing.World - ABC News - November 12 -
School-leaver at 11, domestic slave at 12, gang member at 15: how a missing birth certificate derailed a life
Unable to access her documentation, Esther* found herself trapped in a spiral of abuse typical of Kenya’s child labour problem. As a preteen, Esther * , now 20, says she could not wait for the ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
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Director Jon M. Chu joins 'Wicked' premiere from hospital as wife gives birth to daughter
Director Jon M. Chu and his wife, Kristin Hodge, expanded their family by one more, welcoming the birth of their daughter on Nov. 9.Top stories - NBC News - November 10 -
Americans stock up on emergency birth control, abortion pills ahead of second Trump presidency
American women are seeking to take their reproductive future into their own hands ahead of a second Trump presidency by stocking up on emergency contraception and abortion pills, scheduling IUD ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
What Trump has said about birth control, and what he could do as president
Online searches on women's health topics have surged since the Nov. 5 election.Top stories - ABC News - November 12 -
Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election
Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last weekHealth - ABC News - November 13 -
Premature births in the U.S. remain at an all-time high, especially in the South, a new report finds
Many pregnant women in the U.S, particularly in the South, face inadequate prenatal care, complicated by abortion restrictions, air pollution and extreme heat, according to a new March of Dimes ...Top stories - NBC News - November 14