STAT+: Maven raises $90 million for women’s and family health amid a funding drought
Women’s and family health tech startup Maven Clinic announced Monday it has raised $90 million…
Category: reproductive health
Legal at one clinic, illegal at another: How abortion bans make gestational age even less precise
If you want to understand the fickleness of pregnancy and the American laws that regulate…
‘We’re sick of watching women die’: In Michigan, doctors rally to protect abortion access
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Doctors are on the frontlines of a political battle raging across…
Health and science are on the ballot this election. Here’s what we’re watching
WASHINGTON — The midterm elections this year are centered on weighty topics: the economy looms…
How doulas could help prevent the harms that can happen during childbirth
When Tamiya Griffin was expecting her first child in 2014, she had what she thought…
Missouri Senate race shows just how hard it is to campaign on abortion in the heartland
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If any Senate race should be a referendum on abortion access…
Online requests for medication abortions spiked after the Dobbs decision
There was a staggering increase in requests for abortion pills through telemedicine in the months…
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After Dobbs, U.S. medical students head abroad for abortion training no longer provided by their schools
A fourth-year medical student, Tema, faced an abrupt interruption to her education earlier this year….
Opinion: Maternity care in the U.S. is in crisis. It’s time to call the midwife
After pushing for several hours, my patient looks exhausted but happy, clutching her seconds-old newborn…
Maternity care ‘deserts’ on the rise across the U.S., report finds
The home birth had been going well, with the baby having been delivered safely, when…
Another potential roadblock to wider telemedicine abortion: state medical boards
In the post-Roe landscape, advocates for abortion rights are pinning hopes on telehealth as one…
‘What a gift to give’: For a woman struggling with infertility, a sister’s unexpected offer of surrogacy brings new hope
Lydia Gatton’s first in vitro fertilization appointment was just a week away when the fifth-grade…
Watch: Why aren’t ectopic pregnancies viable?
Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, many clinicians have become fearful and uncertain about…
Her mother’s abortion was required under China’s one-child policy. Her own would be illegal under Tennessee’s post-Roe ban
This is part of a series of snapshots from post-Roe America. It started as a…
Opinion: FDA: Ignore a pharma company’s deceptive racial equity argument for keeping Makena, an ineffective preterm labor drug
In an effort to sway the Food and Drug Administration not to withdraw accelerated approval…
Opinion: Subject, not suspect: The new hazards of conducting clinical research in the Dobbs era
Here’s a scenario anyone who has done clinical research will recognize: A 32-year-old woman participating…
Opinion: Termination is the safest course for some high-risk pregnancies. Dobbs decision threatens that care
Ava was excited about her pregnancy. As her rheumatologists, we were anxious about it. Her…
‘How do we support each other?’: A physician and ethicist on the difficult decisions doctors now face in abortion care
As new abortion bans are enacted around the country, physicians working with pregnant patients are…
Opinion: Listen: A pediatric doctor on the life-or-death decisions some prospective parents must make
Christopher Hartnick never expected his work as a doctor to intersect with political discussions about…
Opinion: The Biden-Harris administration needs to end fake abortion clinics
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, President Biden…
Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result
Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at…
Opinion: ‘Is an abortion medically necessary?’ is not a question for ethicists to answer
Abortion raises many ethical questions. Determining whether an abortion is needed to save a pregnant…
‘Window dressing’: Eli Lilly’s after-the-fact statement on Indiana’s abortion law sends a disingenuous message
Talk about a delayed reaction. For weeks, a coterie of consumers and businesses tried to…
Eggs can survive decades without signs of aging. Now, scientists may know why
In a high-stakes evolutionary gambit, female mammals are born with a finite supply of immature…
Opinion: Safe surrender of newborns is just the beginning of post-Roe journeys
With abortion now restricted or even penalized in nearly half of U.S. states, there’s likely…
As demand for medication abortion increases, Facebook allows ads for potentially dangerous ‘abortion reversal’ procedure
The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the “abortion…
Opinion: Free the pill — and make it free
This month, HRA Pharma announced it had submitted the first-ever application to the Food and…
Major abortion pill maker GenBioPro hires its first lobbyists in Washington
WASHINGTON – GenBioPro, which sells the generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, hired its…
Drugmaker seeks FDA approval of over-the-counter birth control pill
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell…
Abortion providers embrace virtual assistants and automation to prepare for new flood of patients
As abortion clinics shutter across the country, providers in states where abortion is still legal…
Opinion: Dobbs decision will rob many medical students of essential abortion training
As medical students — the next generation of physicians — we believe that the Supreme…
Biden signs order on abortion access after Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as…
Opinion: Real-world evidence must not become evidence for abortion-related prosecution
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn federal protection for abortion changed in an instant how…
‘A scary time’: Fear of prosecution forces doctors to choose between protecting themselves or their patients
Last Wednesday, a patient walked into Julie Rhee’s fertility clinic in St. Louis with pelvic…
Health tech companies are scrambling to close data privacy gaps after abortion ruling
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, reproductive health…
STAT+: ‘A slippery slope’: Pfizer sells a contraceptive and donated to political groups that could come after the company
Generally speaking, a company would not want to contribute to a politician whose actions could…
STAT+: ‘A slippery slope’: Drugmakers that sell contraceptives donated to political groups that could come after them
Generally speaking, a company would not want to contribute to a politician whose actions could…
STAT+: After abortion ruling, biotechs developing contraceptives say their work is more important — and fraught — than ever
SAN DIEGO — From San Diego to New Jersey, biotechs developing new forms of birth…
Supreme Court’s decision on abortion sparks health tech’s Cambridge Analytica moment
In 2018, the tech industry found itself in a harsh spotlight amid a scandal involving…
Listen: Medical privacy post-Roe, fixing clinical trials, & the next Covid vaccines
How do you stop a Covid surge? Why are clinical trials so white? And what…
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Opinion: How the Dobbs decision changed my research on reproductive health technology
If you are using technology to track your period, and abortion is even a remote…
In a doctor’s suspicion after a miscarriage, a glimpse of expanding medical mistrust
The idea that she might be pregnant hadn’t crossed Janneke Parrish’s mind. She used contraceptives…
HIPAA won’t protect you, if prosecutors want your reproductive health records
With Roe v. Wade now overturned, patients are wondering whether federal laws will shield their…
The Biden administration wants to get tough on states’ abortion pill restrictions. It won’t be easy
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland is hinting he’s ready to get tough on states…
Supreme Court decision suggests the legal right to contraception is also under threat
Over the past half century, Roe v. Wade has been a bedrock of constitutional rights…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been…
Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health
When Stephen Friend left Apple in 2017 after a stint helping to jumpstart its health…
These researchers study abortion in states likely to ban it. That will make their jobs even harder
Last September, Texas lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion policy in the country. The state’s…
Opinion: ‘Pink tape’ at the FDA is delaying access to contraception — again
As the crisis over access to reproductive health deepens in the U.S., the Food and…
Can wearables turn temperature into a pregnancy test?
Your smartwatch can ping you about an irregular heartbeat. Your phone can assess your fall…