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the Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Benazir Bhutto, gave birth to a
daughter in 1990. Apart from that
one example, such a pregnancy was
largely unprecedented.
Thankfully, while being surprised
by the announcement, the people of
examples of other pregnant leaders New Zealand were largely excited.
to use as a guide. In fact, she was Of course all the major news papers
just the second female leader of and TV channels ran long stories
a country to fall pregnant during that could barely contain their
their period of leadership. The first excitement. The story even made
occurred almost 30 years ago when headlines around the world due
