pregnancy

Rep. Kat Cammack tells the Wall Street Journal that doctors delayed ending her life-threatening pregnancy because they were worried about losing their licenses or going to jail.

The center opened as a way to reduce barriers to care in a community with high rates of maternal health issues. The facility surpassed expectations for how many patients have been served.

The rate dropped to about 5.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to CDC provisional data. That’s down from about 5.6 per 1,000, where it had been the previous two years.

In a study of macaques, researchers find that a pregnant mother’s exposure to environmental stress affected the growth of the HPA axis, a key player in deciding how organisms cope with stress.

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."