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Off message on maternity
The Guardian, 27 February 2008
You just can't blame the NHS midwife shortage on mothers being too fat, too old or too feckless. By Zoe Williams.

I want less choice, not more
The Times (London), 27 February 2008
We shouldn't be treating our children as little consumers. We can now see where this leads. By Alice Miles.

‘Well, why haven’t my shirts been ironed?’
Guardian, 2 February 2008
Mothers are increasingly going out to work, fathers are doing the childcare - it looks like equality, but what about the chores? By Kate Hilpern.

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