Women without access to health care — including mental health care — are more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues, including substance misuse and suicide.

The ethical and legal concerns raised over the treatment of Atlanta’s Adriana Smith are representative of experiences in a post-Roe America, some say. 

Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that.

Emory Decatur Hospital and Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center had the top scores statewide using metrics like rates of C-section delivery and severe unexpected newborn complications. 

“I should have been able to act without the government's interference in order to save my daughter's life,” said Savannah mother Callie Beale.

More pregnant women are being diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure, which risks the life of the parent and child. Montana is one of the states improving screening and treatment.

Harris plans Georgia Friday visit to campaign for reproductive rights

Candi Miller’s family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.” Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia’s abortion ban.

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

Arkansas is the only holdout state that has not pursued the Biden administration's offer to extend Medicaid coverage to new moms for a year after they give birth.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Black Maternal Health Caucus launched a year-long Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative to address maternal mortality and maternal health disparities in partnership with mothers, grantees, community organizations, and state and local health officials.

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.

The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate.

More than half of American counties don't have an obstetrician. Family physicians, working in teams with proper support, could be the answer to the crisis in rural obstetric care.