pregnancy

The CDC report on the 2023 deaths was drawn from death certificates. The CDC counts women who died while pregnant, during childbirth and up to 42 days after birth.

The decline appears connected to guidance about the number of embryos transferred through assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.

The Florida Board of Medicine fined and reprimanded Dr. Candace Sue Cooley, who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed.

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas.

The state discovered a glitch in its Medicaid eligibility system. The problem, alleged in court testimony, led to new mothers wrongly losing their insurance coverage.

Pregnant patients are being asked to make large payments months before they deliver, a change from decades of standard practice. Advocates worry that it allows providers to hold "treatment hostage."

Florida’s six-week abortion law contains exceptions for women who experience complications like fetal abnormalities. But Thea Thompson says they aren't clear enough and put her health at risk.

The U.S. has one of the worst maternal mortality rates of any wealthy nation. A Florida childbirth center, started by a midwife from Britain, is part of a patchwork of solutions aiming to curb those deaths.

In Broward, an ER doctor discharged a woman who had leaked amniotic fluid. She later miscarried in a public bathroom, was rushed to another hospital, placed on a ventilator and discharged after six days.

Relatively few respondents fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman, but a significant share (46%) say it describes their views at least somewhat well.