Texas defends a woman's right to take her placenta home

Published June 28, 2015 This content is archived.

NPR’s All Things Considered show interviews UB psychology faculty member Mark Kristal in a story titled, “Texas Defends A Woman's Right To Take Her Placenta Home.” Kristal, who has studied placenta-eating among animals for decades, provided expert commentary on how mammalian placental mothers ingest afterbirth; the scientific reasons for this behavior; and why humans have evolved away from it. “It’s not a routine human behavior,” Kristal told NPR. The story aired on stations across the country.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/28/414836758/texas-defends-a-womans-right-to-take-her-placenta-home

http://ideastations.org/radio/all-things-considered/npr-414836758-texas-defends-womans-right-take-her-placenta-home

http://nepr.net/news/2015/06/28/texas-defends-a-womans-right-to-take-her-placenta-home/

http://tspr.org/post/texas-defends-womans-right-take-her-placenta-home