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Most states with abortion limits include exemptions for life-threatening emergencies, but only one state includes “serious mental illness” that could result in the death of the mother or fetus. It's not Florida.

A maternal telehealth pilot program that began in 2021 was expanded this year to encompass 18 counties. During a recent committee hearing, senators discussed bringing it to the rest of the state.

The study presents data on several key factors including levels of maternity care access and maternity care deserts by county, distance to birthing hospitals and availability of family planning services.

The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.

A committee that analyzes maternal deaths in the state reported that the pregnancy-related fatalities have increased every year since 2016, with overdoses as a major contributor.

Black women are nearly three times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S. Two Miami doctors discuss the causes of this disparity and how to address them.

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

Pregnant people have suppressed immune systems, so doctors say they need to consider the urgency of getting vaccinated, particularly given that the delta variant is so contagious.

More than 50,000 American women nearly die from childbirth every year, according to a CDC estimate. These catastrophic complications can come at a terrible cost emotionally, financially and medically.

A woman convicted of stealing a newborn from a Florida hospital decades ago described how she did it Friday during her sentencing hearing, testifying that…