In the early 1980s, U.S. artist Judy Chicago teamed with more than 150 needleworkers to depict a subject matter that could not be more universal: childbirth. Through embroideries, textiles and one ...

Though it responds to a justified distrust of the medical establishment among women, it also subtly partakes of an insidious mythology. Pregnant women are everywhere, but in a way it’s hard to see ...

When U.S. couples have their first child, mothers' earnings still drop substantially relative to fathers', and new research demonstrates the stubborn, decades-old pattern isn't changing despite broad ...

Here’s ‘Doula’ and filmmaker Debra Pascali-Bonaro with her film, ’Orgasmic Birth,’ playing on the television behind her and on the viewfinder of her video camera at bottom of frame. MCT photo ...