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News Articles: pregnancy

Dustin and Jaci Statton in an engagement photo from 2021. Jaci found out she had a partial molar pregnancy and couldn't get the abortion she needed in Oklahoma. They traveled to Kansas for care.

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  • Your Health

'I'll lose my family.' A husband's dread during an abortion ordeal in Oklahoma

Jaci and Dustin Statton didn't think Oklahoma's abortion bans would affect them. They were open to having more kids. They didn't imagine Jaci would face a life-threatening pregnancy, though.

May 02, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A COVID infection during pregnancy could raise baby boys' risk of some neurodevelopmental delays, study finds.

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  • Science

COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys

Boys born to mothers who got COVID-19 while pregnant seem to have a higher risk of subtle developmental delays, including those associated with autism spectrum disorder.

April 18, 2023
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  • Jon Hamilton
A program called MomConnect fields questions via mobile phone about pregnancy and babies. It started in South Africa and now is offered in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Timor-Leste as well.

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  • Global Health

A robot answers questions about health. Its creators just won a $2.25 million prize

At the Skoll World Forum this week, South Africa's Reach Digital Health was one of five honorees. They offer health advice via mobile phones to millions, focusing on pregnancy, babies and COVID.

April 14, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, "You don't have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy."

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  • Health

A Good Friday funeral in Texas. Baby Halo's parents had few choices in post-Roe Texas

When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."

April 06, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on.

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  • Health

The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

March 28, 2023
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  • Priyanka Dayal McCluskey

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: A look at the wage gap and reproductive issues on International Women's Day

Wednesday on Political Rewind: On International Women's Day, our panel is looking at the issues that affect women in Georgia and across the nation. 

March 08, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth. Losing insurance so soon was stressful. She supports a push for Texas to extend Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth.

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  • Health

In Texas, Medicaid ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

In Texas, many uninsured people can access Medicaid if they get pregnant. But 2 months after giving birth, the coverage ends. Advocates say new moms need a full year, to improve maternal health.

March 05, 2023
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  • Elena Rivera
Lauren Miller, of Dallas, Texas, says that her state's abortion laws added to the stress and turmoil her family faced after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition in utero.

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  • Health

3 abortion bans in Texas leave doctors 'talking in code' to pregnant patients

Some doctors in Texas are so worried about the abortion bans, they hint to patients with pregnancy complications, "I've heard traveling to Colorado is really nice this time of year."

March 01, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Lauren Miller at her home in Dallas, in January 2023. When she was 15 weeks pregnant, she traveled to Colorado to have a "selective reduction" abortion, after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition.

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  • Health

To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to 'escape' Texas for abortion procedure

When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.

February 28, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Rihanna performs onstage during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday night. Her performance doubled as a pregnancy reveal.

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  • Arts & Life

Rihanna's maternity style isn't just fashionable. It's revolutionary, experts say

Rihanna has already been praised for redefining maternity fashion. She's not the first celebrity to challenge cultural norms about pregnancy, but is reigniting a conversation that could spark change.

February 14, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Naomi Osaka announced on social media Wednesday that she's expecting a child and that she hopes to return to tennis early next year.

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  • Sports

Naomi Osaka announces pregnancy and plans to return to tennis

The world's highest-paid female athlete teased her return in 2024 after a hiatus. Osaka said she's looking forward to her child watching her play someday and telling someone "'that's my mom,' haha."

January 11, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
Dr. Sarah Prager and Dr. Kelly Quinley work together for the nonprofit TEAMM, Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management, which operates on the premise that "many people experience miscarriage before they're established with an OBGYN."

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  • Health

Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.

January 04, 2023
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  • Patrick Adams
Two of our favorite hidden gems feature goats who take no guff and an ice sculptor from Kenya who defied skeptics.

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  • Global Health

Editors' pick: 8 great global stories from 2022 you might have missed

You'll read about a Kenyan ice sculptor, the risks to women from food insecurity, a poignant street encounter — and goats locking horns with sheep in a changing climate.

December 23, 2022
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  • Marc Silver
Toni Ivey holds her one-year-old baby, Finn, at Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville, Ga. Ivey was admitted to the hospital with high-blood pressure and a risk of cardiac complications at one week postpartum.

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  • Health

Web-based apps will offer a simple way for doctors to provide postpartum care for Georgia moms

By remotely monitoring and educating new moms after they go home, providers are catching potentially fatal conditions, like heart failure and stroke.

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Dejerica and Derick Tinsley stand in the baby nursery at their home in Marietta, Ga., on Oct. 9, 2022. The Tinsley's worked with doula Chanel Stryker-Boykin throughout Dejerica's pregnancy.

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  • Health

Doulas in Georgia work to support better, safer births — one family at a time

In Georgia, Black mothers die three times more often than their white counterparts. Making more birth support available could improve outcomes.

November 16, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
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