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The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
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A prescription pill to treat postpartum depression hit the market in December, but most insurers do not yet have a policy on how patients can access it or when they will pay for it.
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A bill advanced in the Oklahoma Legislature that would require sixth through twelfth grade schools to provide free menstrual products.
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Oklahoma is among 10 states in the U.S. where more than two-thirds of rural hospitals lack labor and delivery services, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform.
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Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Federal officials say an Oklahoma hospital didn't violate the law by telling a pregnant woman to wait until her condition was severe enough to qualify for an abortion.
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Critics say such a measure would have far-reaching implications beyond abortion.
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OU Health is the first to offer a new fertility preservation option to patients whose ability to conceive might be impacted by other conditions.
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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.
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Medical marijuana has been legal in Oklahoma since the passage of State Question 788 in 2018, but multiple women in the state have been prosecuted for using it since then — because they were pregnant.