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Find ResourcesA mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they’ve done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil
Click to expand Image Former women political prisoners in Myanmar and their families reported the dangerous and sometimes deadly denial of prenatal and obstetric medical care to pregnant women. © 2026
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On Sept. 16, the Violence Policy Center released a report finding that nearly 2,400 women were killed by men in 2024. Nearly nine out of 10 knew their killer, and firearms were used in 63.4 percent of
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This piece was published in coordination with The Washington Post . The madness unfolded in a familiar pattern: Ellen FitzGerald would wake in the dead of night to nurse her baby for about a half hour
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