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Topic: maternity

Newborns attended to by a nurse (Visual Studies Workshop/Getty Images)

The quiet coercion of maternity homes

Andi Zeisler
Tired, burnt-out mother with baby in her arms and out of focus children run around. (Getty Images/Natalia Lebedinskaia)

Mental health suffers from mental load

Nicole Karlis
Doctor performs ultrasound examination of a woman (Getty Images/ljubaphoto)

Inside a hospital abortion committee

Kavitha Surana - ProPublica
In a cell laboratory, an electron microscope is used to fertilize an egg cell. (Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Chaos as IVF halts in Alabama

Nicole Karlis
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Mother holding a newborn baby (Getty Images/Halfpoint Images)

Why syphilis came roaring back

Nicole Karlis
YaSheka Shaw (left) celebrates losing weight during a checkup with medical student Kaniya Pierre Louis (center) and physician Zita Magloire. (Sarah Jane Tribble/KFF News)

Family doctors vs. the maternity crisis

Sarah Jane Tribble - KFF Health News
Young pregnant woman sitting in front of her laptop (Getty Images/damircudic)

Idaho drops pregnancy deaths panel

Natalie Schachar - KFF Health News
Guslagie Malanda in "Saint Omer" (Neon)

"Saint Omer" and dark maternity taboos

Gary M. Kramer
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"When the Bough Breaks" film

Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Leave It to Beaver" (Wikimedia)

The American family is a myth

Brittney Cooper

Katie McDonough
(Kasia Bialasiewicz/Shutterstock)

Anna March - The Weeklings
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