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• n  the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

• Crisis pregnancy centers are fielding an anti-abortion guerrilla army to win over one woman at a time.
• Most laboratory tests for pregnancy work on the same principle: detection of a key hormone, chorionic gonadotrophin, found in the urine of a pregnant woman.
• The Brigham doctors were well aware that pregnancy is notoriously hard on a normal woman's paired kidneys.

• gestation
• maternity

News & Articles

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• Melbourne pregnancy center gets gov't-approved $5k
  A faith-based pregnancy center will receive $5,000 in government-approved taxpayer dollars - though opponents say the facility masquerades as a pro-life ministry.
  June 12, 2013 - Florida Today
• Teen pregnancy ad: Effective or offensive?
  This teen pregnancy prevention campaign has jaws dropping all over the country.
  June 11, 2013 - KSDK St. Louis
• Teen pregnancy ad: Effective or offensive? (video)
  How effective are these teen pregnancy ads?
  June 11, 2013 - Detroit Free Press

Quotes

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• Jon Stewart in Sun-Sentinel.com
  Does this town need a hug? What happened? No Country For Old Men, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood? All I can say is, thank God for teen pregnancy,Stewart said, referring to best picture nominee Juno, whose scribe, Diablo Cody, won best...
• Donovan in Independent
  Donovan delicately commented: "I was informed of the possibility [of a pregnancy] during the World Cup, and if I need to take responsibility, then I will provide the appropriate support."
• Lindsay Lohan in Cobar Age
  I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else - and keep hearing about the issues related to 'teen pregnancy',Lohan wrote on her blog. "Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of...