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Mother’s Day is celebrated in France on the last Sunday of May. Prostock-studio/Shutterstock

The joy and pain of Mother’s Day: it’s time we embraced fertility journeys in their multiplicity

Laetitia Mimoun, ESCP Business School and Lez Trujillo Torres, University of Illinois Chicago

A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.
Abortion rights protesters march against Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Seda Saluk, University of Michigan

Banning abortion instantly oppresses a huge swath of society. And enforcing abortion bans begets a police state − an upside for dictators from Mussolini to Ortega.

Related Topics

  1. Abortion rights
  2. Adoption
  3. Assisted reproduction technology
  4. Authoritarianism
  5. Childlessness
  6. Democratic backsliding
  7. El Salvador
  8. Reproductive rights
  9. US democracy
  10. Women's health

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