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Nina Buckhalter is on trial for manslaughter in Mississippi after having a stillborn child; traces if drugs were found in her system. The case sets a dangerous precedent, where unintentional pregnancy loss can be treated as a homicide.

This essay contains discussions of death in childbirth and reproductive violences “Who she pregnant for?” This is how I remember my aunts inquiring about the potential father of any given person’s unborn child while I was growing up. Not “Who are they pregnant by?” or “Who are they pregnant with?” The question was always, Who […]

A 24-year-old Maryland man has died after being denied re-entry into the United States despite not having the Ebola virus. Nathaniel Dennis passed away Wednesday morning in Liberia after a week-long coma. His family is blaming the government for the loss of their loved one.

Two Emory University studies have found connections between racism and premature birth and infant mortality in African American babies. The stress created in women’s bodies after decades of dealing with racism, increases the odds of a mother not carrying her child to full term.

  A toddler thought to have been cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her bloodstream. The child’s stunning story was first revealed at a medical meeting in March 2013. The revelation was the first account of an HIV-infected infant achieving what appeared to be a cure after receiving aggressive drug […]