Pregnancy Archives

05.19.2021 unintended pregnancy

Unintended Pregnancies and Disability

Women of all disability types in the study sample had higher rates of unintended pregnancies than those without disabilities.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

04.12.2021 a collage of a group of people

Judy Norsigian, Wendy Chavkin, Charlie Ruth Castro, and Nashira Baril

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Our Bodies, Ourselves," Judy Norsigian, Dr. Wendy Chavkin, Nashira Baril, and Charlie Ruth Castro discuss the past and progress of reproductive justice.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

03.31.2021 a pregnant woman holding her belly

Listening to Mothers

Implicit bias toward patients, whether based on socioeconomic status, race, or ethnicity, often leads medical professionals to overlook some patients’ ability to make informed healthcare decisions about their pregnancies.

Fellow Edward Alexander

03.24.2021 a close up of a hand holding a baby

Sexual & Reproductive Health

Beyond Birthing Babies

Birthing healthy babies begins with healthy people, and a healthy nation requires equity to reach reproductive justice.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

10.21.2020 a screenshot of a graph

Addiction Care for Mother

Increased access to buprenorphine and methadone especially benefits pregnant women and their unborn infants.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.30.2020 a pair of blue footprints

Missing Maternal Health

States with racial disparities in maternal deaths should adopt a policy like the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.

Guest Author Carolyn Hoffman

08.24.2020 a broken cigarette with brown tobacco

Smoking While Pregnant

From a public health perspective, reducing neighborhood tobacco store density may curb smoking during pregnancy.

Guest Author Panagis Galiatsatos

06.23.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored lines

Missed Hepatitis C

Largely due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C infection rates among pregnant women in the US have tripled since the 1990s.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

05.13.2020 a silhouettes of a pregnant woman

Miscounting Murder of Mothers

By counting homicides as maternal deaths, we might see that maternal mortality in the US is even worse than the current disturbing statistics indicate.

Fellow Gray Babbs

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