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As Florida restricted abortion, state's maternal mortality committee went dark
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1668+ words) Florida Gov. Ron De Santis campaigned against a 2024 ballot initiative to roll back the state's restrictive abortion laws. From De Santis X feed. In 2025, a Fort Walton Beach woman died after developing severe pregnancy complications, leaving her firefighter husband to…...
Behind the fight over expanding disability parking placards for pregnancy
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1004+ words) This story was originally reported by Sara Luterman of The 19th. Meet Sara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Kara Ayers is a mother of four and uses a wheelchair. She relies heavily on her car…...
It's a safe space': Mobile midwifery clinics meet patients where they are
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (1143+ words) MIAMI " Midwife Sheila Simms Watson leaned to gently press on the pregnant woman's belly. Me'Asia Taylor lay on a bed fitted with tie-dyed purple printed sheets in the corner of the RV. Far from a typical camper, this RV houses…...
They didn't want to have C-sections. A judge would decide how they gave birth
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (1828+ words) On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2024, Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at University of Florida Health in downtown Jacksonville when a nurse came in with a bedsheet and told her to cover up. A supervisor brought a tablet…...
It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1310+ words) It was the fall of 2024 when Abigail Hendricks learned she was pregnant with her fifth child. She was glowing with excitement. "For me, a baby is a blessing," says Hendricks. "They are cute. They are precious. And they are a…...
8, 000+ disabled parking permits go to pregnant women in first months of Florida law
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (940+ words) A new law in Florida allows pregnant women to get disabled parking permits for a year. It's the most expansive law of its kind in the country, and is already the target of a lawsuit by disabled advocates who say…...
How one Florida program reduced preterm births " and how it could serve as a model for other communities
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (56+ words) This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Loveline Chizobam Phillips is a Ph. D. Candidate at George. .. How one Florida program reduced preterm births " and how it could…...
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (826+ words) This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. A jump in immigration enforcement arrests under the Trump administration is having a detrimental impact on America's…...
How one Florida program reduced preterm births " and how it could serve as a model for other'communities
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (1187+ words) One in 10 babies in the U. S. " nearly 374, 000 infants " were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks. A full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. Florida's rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in…...
ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants " against federal policy
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1375+ words) This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra and Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Cary L'pez Alvarado, of Hawthorne, California, was nine months pregnant when she was arrested by immigration officials alongside her husband, an immigrant from Guatemala. Alvarado was…...