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Pregnancy and Childbirth

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Texas Multi-Mama Teryn Todd on Making Babies, Reality TV

    After the rise and fall of "John and Kate plus Eight" and the on-going popularity of "Nineteen Kids and Counting," it shouldn't come as any surprise that a new multiples-themed reality show is slated to kick-off tonight. This one, though, takes place right here in the Lone Star State. It's called ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Survey Says Texas Schools Are Now a Little Less Awful at Teaching Students Sex Education

    ​Just three years ago, 94 percent of the state's school districts told their kiddos: Just say no to sex. And that was that when it came to sex ed -- abstinence only and nothing but, which was working out real well considering that Texas's teen-pregnancy rate was the third-highest in all the land. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The Rising AIDS Epidemic Among Dallas's Young Poor People

    Barbara Rios/Science Photo Library​The number of young people in Dallas contracting HIV and AIDS is increasing, KTVT-Channel 11 reported Monday, and those young people, ages 13 to 24, now make up 25 percent of all new diagnoses. And those stats were compiled before the state decided to gut fam ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    My, How This Crisis is Growing

    Barbara Rios/Science Photo Library​The number of young people in Dallas contracting HIV and AIDS is increasing, KTVT-Channel 11 reported Monday, and those young people, ages 13 to 24, now make up 25 percent of all new diagnoses. And those stats were compiled before the state decided to gut fam ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    The End of Family Planning in Texas

    They say they defunded Planned Parenthood. But lawmakers' attack on family planning will cost Texas money, reduce access to healthcare and result in even more abortions.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    At the Last Minute, Texas Spikes Federal Sex Education Funding ... Again

    Condoms, birth control -- who needs 'em? Just don't have sex, Texas says to its horny teens. Just hobble that unbridled desire coupled with a limited understanding of consequences and say 'No, I'm saving myself for marriage.' That's pretty much the message, maybe paired with an infographic demonstr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Report: Dallas County Jail Still Shackling Those Oh-So-Dangerous Women in Labor

    When the contractions start, the restrictions end. In theory, anyway.​Chief Uterus Correspondent Anna Merlan is on assignment. I know Anna usually handles the lady stuff, but if it's OK with you guys, I'm going to dispense some quick advice to the Female Friends of Unfair Park: If you gals ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Center for Reproductive Rights Has New Site For Lone Star Ladies and Other In Utero News

    ​Starting September 1, if you're a woman in Texas seeking an abortion, a few new things are going to happen at the doctor's office. You're going to be given a sonogram, have the image of the fetus described to you "in detail," and possibly be asked to listen to a fetal heart monitor (although you ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    The Babies Will Thank You Later

    ​Starting September 1, if you're a woman in Texas seeking an abortion, a few new things are going to happen at the doctor's office. You're going to be given a sonogram, have the image of the fetus described to you "in detail," and possibly be asked to listen to a fetal heart monitor (although you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Lawyer Says Dallas Woman Sued Halliburton After She Violated "Policy Against Procreation"

    The Dallas case is one of many attorney Todd Kelly has brought against Halliburton.​A Dallas woman filed suit against Halliburton last week claiming she was fired after her supervisors learned she was pregnant. In court documents filed on December, 21, Lynda Darden alleges she was fired in the sum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Truluck's Goes Fishing for Moms-to-Be

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Hear Me Roar

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    Those Suh-huh-mmer Niii-iiiiights

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    Why Do Some Mexican-Americans Join the Minutemen?

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2010

    Mother and Child

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Moms Gone Wired: One Woman's Journey Through the Mommy Blogosphere to Gain Parental Prowess and Free Stuff

    ​A recent Truluck's promotion intended to celebrate customers' joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Like a Virgin: How One So-Called "Bad Girl" Became a "Beautiful Young Lady"

    The central question posed in this week's cover story is this: Can teaching rebellious young girls how to become old-school "ladies" save them from a cycle of teen pregnancy and poverty?Teen pregnancy is a riddle in Texas, a state that has the second-highest teen birthrate in the country behind Cali ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Folksy Lady

    Joan Baez plays the Lakewood

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Mother's Play

    Joan Baez plays the Lakewood

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008
  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Heat Rave

    Remember when summer was awesome? No? Well, Here are 10 great summers in music history to jog your memory.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    When Bad Religion Is Much, Much More Than a Punk Band's Name

    Remember when summer was awesome? No? Well, Here are 10 great summers in music history to jog your memory.

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Children

    Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Smokin' Baptists

    Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    You Say Can You C-Section?

    Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out

  • Home Entertainment

    November 29, 2007

    Touch of Evel

    Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    The Gold Standard

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    More Than Dusty Sail

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    In the Inner City, An Alternative to Abortion

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2007

    Dallas Takes a Pregnant Pause

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Poor People Make Excellent Guinea Pigs

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2006

    Prepare Your Protesting Accordingly

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    Belly Up, Baby

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Home Entertainment

    July 20, 2006

    Way Out of Sync

    Uptown Players offer up the "perfect" family

  • Culture

    August 11, 2005

    Dead Baby Jokes

    With Ted Tally's Little Footsteps, Rover Dramawerks falls flat on its farce

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Shannon McNally

    Monday, August 1, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2004

    One Love

    Religions unite in prayer

  • Music

    September 23, 2004

    Los Straitjackets

    Thursday, September 23

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Heir Unapparent

    The descendants of a former housemaid lay claim to one of Texas' grandest ranch fortunes

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Return of the Black Widow

    Death and rumors have followed Sandra Bridewell for decades. But no one could predict the strange turn her life has taken today.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Cocktail Hours

    The latest AIDS medications give life to the dying--but what kind of life?

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Case of Compassionless Conservatism

    State Senator Robert Deuell, R-Mesquite

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Puffy Ankle

    Larry "Puff Daddy" Allen

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Seeing Red

    Channel 8 is full of evil people--unless they return my phone calls

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2001

    Reel Thing

    Feel to laugh at these antiquated filmstrips

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2001

    The Why? Files

    Try to care about the X-Files for one more week as Mulder returns.

  • Film

    February 18, 1999

    Day in, day out

    Motherhood and career get a modest, low-key look in The 24-Hour Woman

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Thank you, ma'am

    Medical City still practicing drive-through deliveries

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Compulsive childbirth

    Why my third time still wasn't the charm

  • Film

    December 8, 1994

    Aborted cause

    Ivan Reitman's Junior ruins many stellar comic opportunities

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