Adriana Smith, a 30 year-old nurse and mother, was about nine weeks pregnant in February when doctors declared her brain dead after she suffered a medical emergency. But Smith’s mother, April Newkirk, told Atlanta TV station WXIA that doctors at Emory University Hospital have been keeping her organs functioning since then until the fetus can be delivered, citing Georgia’s law banning most abortions…
The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, said on Wednesday that he had directed the FDA to review the regulations around the abortion pill mifepristone.
From childhood to early adulthood I received my health insurance through Passport Health Plan, a Kentucky Medicaid insurance provider. Medicaid is the largest provider of health coverage for children in the United States – covering approximately 40 percent of children nationwide. Proposed cuts to Medicaid threaten access to this vital source of health care.
CMS’s recently launched Transforming Maternal Health model is a comprehensive framework for addressing the maternal health crisis.
The nation’s most influential anti-abortion groups have a new plan to roll back access to the procedure for millions of Americans in what they’re calling the “biggest opportunity for the pro-life movement” since toppling Roe v. Wade.
This week marks 100 days since President Donald Trump took office for a second term. In that time, Trump has made several moves that affect abortion and reproductive health care access across the country.
Medicaid gives people access to essential health care and support when they need it most, but enormous Republican-proposed cuts would jeopardize the health of over 70 million people, including children, pregnant people, older adults, people with disabilities and...
Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found.
My sister-in-law Mandy lives in a biased and ableist world that isn’t built for her, but Medicaid supports her full inclusion in society. Republicans proposed cuts could end that.
The number of abortions provided in most of the U.S. increased slightly in 2024 from the year before, according to new data released on April 15.
Natasha is one of many Black mamas sharing their story this week to deepen the national conversation about Black maternal health in the United States. Her story particularly highlights why Medicaid Matters and why protecting Medicaid is a maternal health equity issue.
The current attacks on DEI are a setback to improving Black maternal health; however, Black maternal health must remain central in all efforts to improve U.S. maternal health and be a named priority within our legislative agendas.
Imagine bleeding to the point of losing consciousness during a miscarriage. Then, after being treated by health-care providers, you are jailed for how you handled your medical emergency.
The Trump administration on Tuesday began withholding tens of millions in federal funding from Planned Parenthood and other health-care providers, a move that will curtail access to services including cancer screenings and affordable birth control.
Women are being eliminated from data collection and reporting. From government website scrubs to the dismantling of maternal mortality review committees, our voices and experiences are being systematically erased. These actions suppress critical health information, opening the door for more extreme policies and making it harder to demonstrate the harms and hold policymakers accountable.
The Trump administration is planning to freeze millions in federal family planning grants, a move that could significantly hinder operations at organizations including Planned Parenthood, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Two people have been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions at a Houston-area health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban.
Last May, Louisiana passed a law to monitor misoprostol and mifepristone, the two pills commonly used to induce abortions.
President Donald Trump’s administration took a major step Wednesday in support of states with sweeping abortion bans, dropping a Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho that sought to protect abortion access in medical emergencies.
Ahead of the State of the Union address, the National Partnership for Women & Families highlight 20 ways this administration has been particularly harmful for women and their families.
