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Abortion bans make health care more expensive

A new preliminary study from the University of Michigan shows that state abortion bans implemented following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in June 2022 are associated with women paying more for health insurance, adding ...

Alabama's plan for robots in maternity care sparks debate

It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials' plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their babies is real. During a January White House roundtable touting the first ...

Rise of preterm births in US linked to poverty and race

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose from 2011–2021 in households ...

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