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A judge without empathy is inhuman
Robert Burton
The anti-Obama rallying cry that a Supreme Court justice must rule by reason alone is ignorant of how our minds and bodies work.
You can never have too many mothers
Julia Wallace
Babies are what bring us together, according to sociobiologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, whose new book touts the importance of multiple caretakers.
Bastardizing Bristol
Amy Benfer
The teen mother has been parading around her infant as a cautionary tale. But is raising a kid as a young parent always an illegitimate choice?
Finale wrap-up: “The Real Housewives of New York City”
Heather Havrilesky
Clash of the self-promotional titans! The "Real Housewives of NYC" end the season going head-to-head in a product-publicity death match.
The worst parents in the world
Rebecca Traister
Screw Gymboree and breast-feeding! New confessional memoirs by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Lewis join an ever-growing genre lashing out at our expectations for today's mommies and daddies.
Freeze your eggs for feminism!
Amy Benfer
A Newsweek writer argues that putting your eggs on ice might just be as revolutionary as the birth control pill
Mommy, what’s a vagina?
Katherine Ozment
One minute I'm cleaning up Legos with my 3-year-old daughter. The next minute I'm conducting an impromptu anatomy lesson and desperately hoping not to flub it.
Stop worrying about your children!
Katharine Mieszkowski
Kids today are just as safe as they were in the '70s, says "Free-Range Kids" author Lenore Skenazy, and what's really distressing is an alarmist culture that refuses to let them grow up.
Columbine questions we still haven’t answered
David Sirota
Isn't violence a predictable byproduct of our winner-take-all economy?
Gay marriage in the Heartland
Jodi Mardesich
How same-sex unions triumphed in Iowa, and what other states can learn from the victory.
Dr. Laura outdoes herself
Judy Berman
The conservative radio host on why moms should sacrifice their careers, even in the midst of a recession, and why she's thrilled nannies are out of work.
WTF: Octomom reality show
Judy Berman
Nadya Suleman may star in a series documenting her quest for love
Hear that biological clock, guys?
Kate Harding
New research suggests sperm has a best-before date -- that might just change some things.
“Sexting” teens strike back!
Tracy Clark-Flory
After being attacked as sexual predators, three girls sue their prosecutor.
Pregnant with controversy
Rebecca Traister
Has the home-birth movement become overzealous? A New York magazine story looks at the ongoing debate over the best way to have a baby.
The battle of the boob
Maureen Connolly, Dana Sullivan
What's wrong with a controversial Atlantic Monthly article about breast-feeding? Plenty, say the editors of a new anthology.
Salma Hayek breast-feeds an African baby
Tracy Clark-Flory
The actress encounters a starving infant in Sierra Leone and pops out a breast, on camera.
Are men necessary?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The male of the species is having a hard time of it in the media this week.
American parenting idol?
Judy Berman
Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has hired a publicist and is fielding book and TV deals. But what does her story mean for the future of women's health?
Hell hath no fury like a mommy scorned
Abigail Kramer
Why are married mothers so pissed at their husbands?
“What can we do now to reduce abortions?”
Amy Benfer
With Obama in the White House, pro-lifers consider tactical changes.
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