Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the state’s GOP-led Legislature has disbanded a maternal mortality committee, failed to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage and turned down federal grants for child care.
A decades-long drop in teen births is slowing, and advocates worry a reversal is coming
Doctors, service providers, and advocates say they’re worried full CDC data released later this year could show a rise in teen births in many Southern states.
FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for pregnant people to protect infants
Biogen and Sage’s postpartum depression drug zuranolone was approved by the FDA, but the companies have set their sights on getting it approved for major depressive disorder as well.
Lawmakers propose $45 million in new funding for measures to lower U.S. stillbirth rate
The legislation seeks to improve data and research, as well as develop stillbirth awareness materials. Many women interviewed by ProPublica said they didn’t know they were at risk until they delivered their stillborn baby.
‘Maternal-assisted caesarean’ delivery trend spreads on social media
After legislation fell short of passage last year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers hope to advance a new bill to fund stillbirth prevention, and they credit ProPublica for its reporting.
With more people giving birth at home, Montana passed a pair of laws to make it easier
Home births surged nationally during the pandemic. In Montana, they accounted for 2.85% of all births in 2021, behind Idaho’s nation-leading 3.56% but still the sixth-highest rate in the country.
Idaho drops panel investigating pregnancy-related deaths as US maternal mortality surges
Those who are pregnant often face hazardous circumstances doing jobs in which they must lift heavy objects, stand for long periods, or work with chemicals.
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