The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology began allowing infertile couples involving women who are 35 and older to undergo preimplantation genetic testing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/science-health/preimplantation-testing-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pregnancy
priryo@linernotes.club
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Something clicked for me yesterday. I read about #RFKJr 's latest claim that #Tylenol causes #autism when used during #pregnancy , and I thought:
"Hey, I have read something very similar in a German #folklore text!"
And here you have it:
"If a mother uses a spell in order to ease her birth, then the Evil Enemy tries to lure these children in particular. Thanks to this magical influence, such children - if female - are born with the drive to trude. But male children are driven to theft (the 'Bilwez Cut!')."
"Truding" in this context means becoming a "night hag"-type spirit while sleeping who torments and squeezes other spirits (the "sleep paralysis" phenomenon) while the "Bilwez Cut" is the ability to magically cut down the ripe grain fields of others and steal the grain without spotting you. You can read the entire text at the link - though beware, it's full of ableist nonsense.
But now I am intrigued - both in JFKJr's modern claims (and presumably his fellow conspiracy fantasists, although I haven't followed them too closely) and this bit of folklore from 19th century southeastern Bavaria, the basic message is:
"Women must suffer through the full pain of childbirth, and if they try to alleviate this pain, their children will come out wrong somehow!"
Both qualify as folklore, not facts - but I wonder how widespread this piece of folklore was and is, today and in past centuries, and in which countries and cultures. Does anyone have further examples?
#ableism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes
Something clicked for me yesterday. I read about #RFKJr 's latest claim that #Tylenol causes #autism when used during #pregnancy , and I thought:
"Hey, I have read something very similar in a German #folklore text!"
And here you have it:
"If a mother uses a spell in order to ease her birth, then the Evil Enemy tries to lure these children in particular. Thanks to this magical influence, such children - if female - are born with the drive to trude. But male children are driven to theft (the 'Bilwez Cut!')."
"Truding" in this context means becoming a "night hag"-type spirit while sleeping who torments and squeezes other spirits (the "sleep paralysis" phenomenon) while the "Bilwez Cut" is the ability to magically cut down the ripe grain fields of others and steal the grain without spotting you. You can read the entire text at the link - though beware, it's full of ableist nonsense.
But now I am intrigued - both in JFKJr's modern claims (and presumably his fellow conspiracy fantasists, although I haven't followed them too closely) and this bit of folklore from 19th century southeastern Bavaria, the basic message is:
"Women must suffer through the full pain of childbirth, and if they try to alleviate this pain, their children will come out wrong somehow!"
Both qualify as folklore, not facts - but I wonder how widespread this piece of folklore was and is, today and in past centuries, and in which countries and cultures. Does anyone have further examples?
#ableism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes
A Japanese research team has developed AI models that can help deliver personalized infertility treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/science-health/ai-fertility-research/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #universityoftokyo #women039sissues #pregnancy #ai
The bereaved family of a pregnant woman who died after being struck by a vehicle in central Japan has urged prosecutors to recognize her daughter, born after the accident with a severe disability, as a victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/crime-legal/fetus-victim-prosecutors-urge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nagoya #japanesecourts #pregnancy #driving #disability
Japan's health ministry is in talks to allow emergency contraceptive pills to be sold at pharmacies nationwide without age restrictions or the need for parental consent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/science-health/emergency-contraceptive-pills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #women039sissues #pregnancy #health #drugstores
Japan's heat waves pose serious health risks for pregnant women, a study by the Institute of Science Tokyo shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/science-health/heat-wave-health-pregnant-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatwaves #women039sissues #children #pregnancy
The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes.
It’s now at risk of being cut.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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"Pregnant #Mother in #Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose lifestyles they disagree with"
https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/doctor-denies-pregnant-woman-care/
She's 35 yo and has a partner of 15 years
They have a 13 yo together
They're unmarried
So her theocratic asshat doctor goes "then go fuck yourself"
State law supports that
And if there's a problem with her #pregnancy?
Is that "pro-Life"?
Or sadists controlling women?
"Pregnant #Mother in #Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose lifestyles they disagree with"
https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/doctor-denies-pregnant-woman-care/
She's 35 yo and has a partner of 15 years
They have a 13 yo together
They're unmarried
So her theocratic asshat doctor goes "then go fuck yourself"
State law supports that
And if there's a problem with her #pregnancy?
Is that "pro-Life"?
Or sadists controlling women?
Researchers at the University of Osaka Hospital conducted surgeries last year to reduce the number of fetuses in 10 cases of multiple pregnancy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/science-health/multifetal-pregnancy-reduction-surgeries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pregnancy #osaka #hospitals #abortion
A team led by a professor at Osaka University's Bioinformatics Center has replicated the mouse embryo implantation process in laboratory equipment with a high success rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/science-health/mouse-embryo-implantation-reproduced/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #osakauniversity #invitro #pregnancy #medicine #ips
ProPublica
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
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A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Texas#Women#Health#Hospital#Pregnancy#Abortion#Medicine
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
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A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Texas#Women#Health#Hospital#Pregnancy#Abortion#Medicine
In Fukushima Prefecture's rural regions, more and more medical facilities have stopped handling childbirths, leaving municipalities worried about an acceleration of population decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/society/fukushima-childbirth-facilities-decrease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #pregnancy #hospitals #children #rurallife #depopulation #fukushima