pregnancy and birth
Kids with kids: how teen mums are a relic of the 1960s
TES, 13 November 2009
Research argues that continuing demonisation of young mothers reveals outdated attitudes.
Steep rise in Down’s pregnancies
BBC News Online, 27 October 2009
The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has risen by more than 70% over the last 20 years, University of London researchers say.
Briefing: Population
Sunday Times, 30 August 2009
Baby boom time: The UK has recorded its biggest annual population rise for nearly 50 years, with a surging birth rate overtaking immigration as the lead cause.
The new baby boom
The Guardian, 29 August 2009
Britain is experiencing a population spike. Why? The Guardian visits Boston, Lincolnshire, the nation's fertility capital, where the average birthrate is 2.8 per woman
Birth rate pushes UK population to greatest increase in almost 50 years
Guardian, 27 August 2009
As population tips 61.4 million, birth and death rates overtake immigration as biggest growth factor for first time since 2001.
Stop the pregnancy scaremongering and let women make love in peace
Guardian, 13 August 2009
Britain is obsessive and dictatorial when it comes to motherhood. Yet we get more real help – and babies born – in France. By Agnès Poirier.
UK birthrate shows signs of rising again
The Times (London), 6 August 2009
A study shows that fears of Britain having a predominantly elderly population, unable to support itself, may be premature.
She’s on benefits and pregnant for the 14th time - so should this mother be sterilised?
Daily Mail, 1 August 2009
A misanthropic commentary by A N Wilson.
Families can sue council over birth defects
The Times (London), 30 July 2009
In the first case of its kind since the thalidomide scandal of the 1960s, youngsters born with deformities win landmark action.
Birth pains are nothing to celebrate
spiked, 23 July 2009
It was degenerate feminists, not ignorant men, who first argued that childbirth should be a painful rite of passage. By Stuart Derbyshire.
Confusion and contradictions over swine flu
The Times (London), 20 July 2009
Ministers are struggling to keep control of swine flu warnings after pregnant women are given conflicting advice.
The fearmongers preying on pregnant women
spiked, 20 July 2009
It was only a matter of time before the swine-flu scare lobby turned its attention to those who are seen as an easy target for fear: mums-to-be. By Frank Furedi.
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