babies

Michele vs. Michelle: Breastfeeding Wars Rise to the Top

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by Amie Newman

February 21, 2011 - 8:01pm (Print)

What could be controversial about First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to improve infant health by promoting breastfeeding? For Rep. Michele Bachmann, everything.

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We All Love Babies. Not Everyone Loves the Women Who Bear Them.

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

May 24, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Anti-choicers rely on two truisms--everyone loves babies but not everyone loves women--to erase public understanding of the intimate connection between reproductive freedom for women and the well-being of wanted children.

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HIV Transmission through Pre-Chewed Baby Food?

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by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

August 20, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Could pre-chewed baby food be a vector for HIV transmission? A report in Pediatrics suggests that it may -- but when thinking about this phenomenon, we need to avoid the knee-jerk "Ewwww" reaction that a ScienceNews reporter had.

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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