Postpartum depression, or PPD, and the legitimacy of maternal mental health struggles have become the latest flashpoint in conservative culture war discourse.

Right-wing commentator Matt Walsh on Monday set off a firestorm by dismissing women who have spoken out in support of Lindsay Clancy, who is pleading insanity in defense of murdering her three young children after suffering from postpartum psychosis.

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