“A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn’t pick up his kids, sparking a custody battle that could upend the industry.”
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The Healing Power of Watching the Boys of ‘Jackass’ Do Incredibly Stupid Things
“Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry pranksters got me through one of the worst weeks of my life.”
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Diabolical Motherhood
“How do you explain to someone who can’t get pregnant how powerful the omnipresent specter of pregnancy is? How the hyper-awareness of other people’s expectant entitlement toward your body dogs you through every day of your life?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: inside a cyberscam compound, behind bars but ahead of the times, up into the beyond, away from home, and under the night sky.
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Baby-Making on Mars
“In the depths of the Cold War, scientists from the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. joined forces to answer a still-urgent question: Can mammals reproduce in space?”
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The Birth Keepers
“Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births–now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world.”
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The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
“When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.”
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Notes on Bed Rest
“I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?”
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She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.
” Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.”
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Four Lost Pregnancies. Five Weeks of IVF Injections. One Storm.
“A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.”