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Healthy timing, spacing between pregnancies crucial for women's health: MoS Patel
Adequately spaced pregnancies can significantly improve maternal and child health outcomes, Union M…
PTI
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A 13-year-old who couldn't get an abortion is now starting 7th grade as a mom, report says
A young Mississippi girl had a baby after being assaulted by a stranger and finding out the nearest…
Gabby Landsverk
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One couple packed up an RV and drove 1,300 miles to give birth in Virginia to escape the high Black maternal mortality rate in Texas
As the maternal mortality crisis continues to worsen in the US, some Black women are crossing state…
Brianna Holt
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A new documentary shows how dire the maternal mortality crisis is. Everyone needs to watch it.
The "Born Free: Birth in America" documentary was released 15 years after Ricki Lake's "The Busines…
Jennifer Barton
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There will be an 'unprecedented spike' in maternal mortality if a Trump-appointed judge bans the abortion pill, Democratic attorneys general argue
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a federal judge in Texas who is hearing the abortion case, has been described…
Charles R. Davis
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New moms are dying at alarming rates in the US, but the hidden crisis is that many of these deaths are suicides
Suicide and overdose deaths are the top cause of death in the first year postpartum in some states,…
Anna Medaris Miller
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A mom who almost died in labor says she screamed 'something is wrong with my heart' moments before going into cardiac arrest
Kayleigh Summers has gone viral on TikTok for sharing her traumatic birth experience. For every mat…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Walmart will now reimburse employees in some states up $1,000 if they want the help of a doula during childbirth
Walmart is expanding doula healthcare coverage to associates in Louisiana, Indiana, and Illinois as…
Britney Nguyen
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Black women face a high risk of deadly pregnancy complications. Here's how to talk to your doctor about it.
Black women face particularly high maternal mortality rates. Knowing how to talk to your care provi…
Kelly Burch
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'Father of Modern Gynecology' J. Marion Sims performed dangerous 'experiments' on enslaved Black women without the use of anesthesia
His actions are a part of a troubling history of medical experimentation on Black Americans.
Brianna Holt
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The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias
Racial bias has been dismissed as 'unconscious.' But whether bias is conscious or unconscious, the …
Brianna Holt
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A UN report predicts millions of unintended pregnancies due to healthcare restrictions during lockdown
For every six months of lockdown, women in developing countries will experience 7 million unintende…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Stacey Abrams called Georgia 'the worst state.' The state has the highest rate of maternal mortality, and the lowest rate of mental health services.
In a campaign speech, Stacey Abrams called Georgia "the worst state in the country to live." The st…
DeArbea Walker
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A doctor went viral for making fun of someone's birth plan. As someone who wrote one, I get why they matter.
People are still writing elaborate birth plans. The author shares how she wrote a birth plan 17 yea…
Avital Norman Nathman
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Parents often report being less happy than child-free people, but kids aren't the problem. A lack of childcare and family leave is.
Having kids doesn't make parents less happy. Peggy O'Donnell Heffington's "Without Children," expla…
Peggy O’Donnell Heffington
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Here's how Black women in Georgia — a state with an 'abysmal' maternal mortality rate — will face a public health crisis if Roe v. Wade is overturned
"Our maternal mortality rate here in Georgia, I mean, hell in the US period, is abysmal," one advoc…
Taylor Ardrey
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3 of the women who ran the 4x100 relay at the Rio Olympics had life-threatening pregnancy complications. After one of them died, the other sprinters are speaking out.
Tori Bowie, whose 4x100 meter relay team won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, died in May. Allyson…
Rebecca Cohen,Meredith Cash
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A mom died by suicide days after having twins. I saw myself and my postpartum depression in her story.
The author shares how she struggled with postpartum depression when she had her first baby, and how…
Conz Preti
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Four in five expecting mothers in India deprived of government’s maternity benefits scheme
Merely 12% women received all three installments under the scheme — with Himachal Pradesh and …