Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage Mumsnet demands improved treatment including faster access to scanning and better training for healthcare staff
China cuts childbirth mortality rate by promoting hospital births Deaths of mothers and babies fall by almost two-thirds after programme offering women money for hospital deliveries
Why Michele Bachmann is wrong about the HPV vaccine The Republication presidential candidate has made unsubstantiated claims about the jab's side-effects
The mental illness industry is medicalising normality Lisa Appignanesi: A reading group would do more to help individuals find relief than squeezing their unhappiness into a package labelled 'disorder'
Abortion services aren’t about selling soap powder or shoes Susie Orbach: Nadine Dorries's amendment to the health and social care bill is an attempt to situate women's sexuality in the marketplace
Bad hair days can be good for you Some women do miss out on exercise for fear or messing up their look
So, is the show over for Jay-Z, now he’s going to be a dad? Sarah Ditum: Beyoncé's got a fistful of Grammies, but many still think bearing a child marks a full stop on a woman's contribution to the world
Ministers back anti-abortion lobby reforms Charities warn of 'distress and delay' as they are stripped of principal responsibility to counsel women seeking a termination
Learning to love my baby After a life-threatening pregnancy and a premature birth I was scared to hold my newborn daughter – or to get too attached
Anti-abortion charities should help struggling mothers-to-be Lisa Hallgarten: There's much good work such groups could do, but leave advice over pregnancy options to those who see all options as valid