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After Oklahoma banned abortions with few exceptions, thousands of women traveled to surrounding states to receive abortion care in 2022.
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The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.
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An autopsy report underscores the tragedy of Tori Bowie's death at age 32. The 2016 Olympic medalist was eight months pregnant, according to the report.
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Justices ruled in a 6-3 decision that the state’s abortion bans passed last year are too restrictive and vague for doctors. Those laws made abortion illegal, except in a "medical emergency."
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The recently enacted PUMP Act requires most employers to provide private lactation spaces, but does not provide monetary support to do so.
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When a woman and her unborn son were killed in the course of her Missouri Department of Transportation job, her family sued for wrongful death — but the department argued they're shielded from liability becauseher fetus counts as an employee.
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A crisis pregnancy center in Idaho opened a maternity home in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The residents have more complicated stories than the home's founders expected.
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Oklahoma ranks in the top five states for babies born with syphilis, but that could change soon, after the governor signed a bill that will require more frequent screenings for pregnant patients.
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The recently enacted PUMP Act requires most employers to provide private lactation spaces. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Fowler Automotive owner Jonathan Fowler, who embraced the idea several years ago.
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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.