Parenthood Archives

Six Books Written by Teen Mothers You Should Read This Mother’s Day

Gloria Malone

These books challenge readers to see young motherhood through a more honest and empowered light.

Years After My Abortion, I’m Thinking About What Might Have Been. But I Don’t Regret It.

Rana Barar

For every mother we celebrate on Mother’s Day, there is complexity in her experience, paths not taken, dreams both fulfilled and left behind.

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Questions Swirl Around ICE’s ‘Inhumane’ Treatment of Pregnant People

Tina Vasquez

Numerous reports suggest detaining pregnant immigrants in prison-like facilities poses dangerous health risks.

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Reimagining Black Mamahood in an Unjust Society

Regina Mahone

Campaigns like the Mamas Day project amplify imagery that allows Black people, including Black immigrant mothers, to see themselves as their communities see them.

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On Parenting and Consent: When Sharing Isn’t Caring

Rebecca Cokley

A mother's trust is important, and I want my son to know that what he brings to me, he brings to me, and not the rest of the world.

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‘A Growing Movement’: Coalitions Are Expanding Legal Services for Appalachian Victims of Domestic Violence

Tiffany Stevens

Survivors in Appalachia face sizeable obstacles to leaving. Rural abusers are more likely to use weapons; intimate partner violence is more likely to end in homicide. Shelters and health centers can be impossible to reach.

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Fake Clinics Don’t Just Receive State Funding in Texas. They Get Very Little Oversight.

Teddy Wilson

“In shutting down licensed abortion clinics and instead legitimizing crisis pregnancy centers, Texas officials have made it clear that they do not truly care about the health and safety of pregnant Texans.”

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For OB-GYN Group, Recent Social Media Flap Needs to Be a Wakeup Call

Monica McLemore, Didi Saint Louis & Karen A. Scott

Essentially telling women at higher risk for pregnancy-related complications to simply “wrap it up" and avoid pregnancy is unacceptable.

Bailing Out Black Mamas Means Bailing Out Trans People

Rachel Anspach

Southerners on New Ground hopes that the organizing strategies it is developing in partnership with the Transgender Law Center will provide guidance to other organizations in the bailout coalition that are also facing difficulties finding trans and gender nonconforming folks to bail out.

Caravan Asylum Seekers Let in, but Their Harrowing Journey Continues

Ari Honarvar

“We are in a refugee crisis."

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