A newly announced executive order to create a federal women’s health division comes amid a lawsuit that highlights contradictory priorities for the Trump administration.
Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, who is five months into a high-risk pregnancy, said she isn’t receiving regular prenatal care at an Arizona detention center, lawmakers exclusively told The 19th.
Most of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, however, that the ER is being used as a stopgap.
For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby.
Ketamine is a powerful drug with promise for treating depression in small doses. Recreational use is risky, especially combined with alcohol.
It's raising new questions about immunity testing before pregnancy, early vaccinations for babies and the many complications that could rise from infection.
They also say authorities should be required to provide basic health care for pregnant and postpartum immigrants they do detain, new polling from The 19th and YouGov shows.
A ballot measure backed by the state’s Republican party would make Missouri the first state whose constitution explicitly bans the procedure.
The incarcerated population is getting older, but correctional facilities lag in menopause care. Kwaneta Harris is working to fill the gaps in women's prisons.