Photo: Smiling through postpartum depression, about 2 months after giving birth to my wonderful boy. Suicide accounts for 20% of all deaths among women in the first year after giving birth the US. This makes suicide the second leading cause of death among women in the postpartum period. May is postpartum depression (PPD) awareness month. PPD is a condition that is starting to get more attention due to high profile moms like Chrissy Teigan, Hayden Panettiere and Adele speaking

Spoiler Alert: Abstinence-only education and limited access to contraception. Sounds obvious, right? But not in Texas. Excellent coverage this morning on NPR of a new study and the reality for teens in Texas where the only sex ed provided in schools (if any) is abstinence-only or, if you're lucky "abstinence plus". This is combined with the "defunding" and subsequent closure of many Planned Parenthood clinics in the state leading to limited information AND access for the most