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Motherhood

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani | Lev Radin/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Socialism

Socialists Don't Understand Motherhood

To the socialist mind, families are not forces for good; they’re competitors to the state.

Liz Wolfe | 7.1.2025 10:20 AM

Collage of a pregnancy and a newborn baby | Gameto

Assisted Reproduction

Disrupting IVF? Baby Born From Egg Matured Outside of Mother's Body.

The process "reduces the duration of treatment cycles to just three days" and "replaces 80% of hormone injections required with traditional IVF," Gameto says.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2024 11:30 AM

Amy Adams in 'Nightbitch' | Searchlight Pictures

Movies

It's Been a Big Year for Feminist Body Horror

Nightbitch and The Substance both tackle female aging with gross-out horror-movie metaphors.

Peter Suderman | 12.6.2024 10:45 AM

The Best of Reason Magazine logo | Joanna Andreasson

Motherhood

The Best of Reason: Is Being a Mom Bad for Your Career?

A recent study shows that women experience a short-term "motherhood penalty," but their earnings rebound within a decade.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.13.2024 6:43 PM

topicssex | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source image: iStock

Family

Is Being a Mom Bad for Your Career?

A recent study showed women experience a short-term "motherhood penalty" but their earnings rebound within a decade.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.12.2024 6:00 AM

Pregnant woman poppy seed bagel | Illustration: Lex Villena; Oystein Sandi, Balefire9 | Dreamstime.com

Drug Testing

The Government Is Taking Babies Away Because Their Moms Ate Poppy Seeds

Unreliable drug tests are sparking unnecessary child welfare investigations. 

Emma Camp | 9.13.2024 3:42 PM

A mom holds a newborn baby while lying in a hospital bed |  Nataliaderiabina | Dreamstime.com

CDC

CDC Vastly Overestimated U.S. Maternal Death Rates, Says New Study

Maternal health care has actually improved substantially in many areas.

Ronald Bailey | 3.13.2024 4:51 PM

Screenshots of tradwives on TikTok and Instagram | Illustration: Lex Villena; jazmelodyy on TikTok; ballerinafarm on Instagram; esteecwilliams on TikTok; gwenthemilkmaid on TikTok

Culture

The Paradoxical Freedom of Tradwife TikTok

"It's not really a movement. Nobody is pushing it. People are just living it."

Kat Rosenfield | 12.19.2023 7:30 AM

topicsdrugs | Photo: kozak-salo/iStock

Drugs

Poppy Seeds Trigger Child Neglect Investigations

Drug tests for new moms are "unnecessary and nonconsensual," argues the ACLU.

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2023 6:00 AM

A woman breastfeeding while a consultant assists. | Oksix | Dreamstime.com

Occupational Licensing

Rejoice Georgians: You Don't Need a Government Permit To Advise Breastfeeding Moms

The state’s Supreme Court strikes down an absurd, unneeded occupational licensing demand.

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2023 3:45 PM

minismomfluenced | Penguin Random House

book

Review: The Progressive Backlash Against Influencer Moms

Momfluenced bemoans unrealistic expectations set on American mothers but then establishes new ones.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.17.2023 6:00 AM

Julie-Ann Toalston family | Julie-Ann Toalston

Free-Range Kids

Cops Question Connecticut Mom Who Let 7-Year-Old Walk a Mile

"She is way too young to be walking this distance by herself," said the cops.

Lenore Skenazy | 12.30.2022 8:00 AM

dreamstime_xxl_188956126 | Konstantin Yuganov | Dreamstime.com

Free-Range Kids

Happy Mother's Day From the 'Worst Moms' in American History

Yours truly made the list.

Lenore Skenazy | 5.8.2022 6:33 PM

Option-1_ | archive.org

Baby

Can the State Influence Baby-Making With Policy?

They're sure as hell trying.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 5.10.2021 5:40 PM

Large image on homepages | Hill Street Studios Blend Images/Newscom

Divorce

In Win For Fathers' Rights, Kentucky Says Judges Must Presume Shared Parenting In Child Custody Battles

The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.17.2018 10:05 AM

Large image on homepages | Joanna Andreasson

Lifestyle

Ye Olde Ikea Sex Traffickers

Moral panic over abductions is nothing new.

Lenore Skenazy | 10.23.2017 6:00 AM

Large image on homepages | skley/Flickr

Employment

The Dark Side of Socialized Motherhood

Austria gives women generous maternity benefits while shuffling them into the pink ghetto.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2016 3:40 PM

Large image on homepages | Monroe County Buzz/Facebook

War on Drugs

First Mom Arrested Under Tennessee's New Anti-Drug Law

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.11.2014 6:10 AM

Large image on homepages | Frank de Kleine/Flickr

Civil Liberties

Pregnant Women Increasingly Face Criminal Prosecution for Positive Drug Tests

Hello fetus, goodbye civil liberties

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.16.2014 1:30 PM

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