by Katherine Stone |
Since it's all over the news I suppose I can't pretend thata mother in San Antonio didn't just kill hernewborn in a way that I'd rather not discuss on these pages for fear I'd send those of you who are fragile into a complete tizzy. (Seriously, if... by Katherine Stone |
On Friday night, I got an email from Dr. Sarah Callen of the PPD Illinois Alliance letting me know that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn was granting Debra Gindorf clemency. Since then, the news has spread like wildfire. Gindorf, now 45, was 20 years old when she killed... by Katherine Stone |
Why is it that people attribute every murder of a child to postpartum depression? The following kind of uninformed writing, which appeared in a blog post of a mom on the very popular parenting website Strollerderby, really bugs me. It was written in a piece about the... by Katherine Stone |
Twolawmakers in Texas have proposed a bill under which postpartum mental illness would be recognized as a legal defense for women. According to the Dallas Morning News, which broke the story this weekend: "If lawmakers approve the measure, Texas would be the... by Katherine Stone |
Alisa Lorraine Evans was just acquitted in the drowning death of one of her infant twins. She will be committed to a mental institution with the possibility of supervised release. Diana Lynn Barnes and Ruta Nonacs served as consultants to Alisa's attorney and...