Tag: pregnancy
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Georgia dismisses members of pregnancy maternal death review board after leak of information on 2 such deaths
Georgia’s top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after the leak, presumably by a committee member, of information about two such deaths. In a letter first reported by ProPublica and dated Nov. 8, state public health commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said whoever shared the information violated state…
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Wyoming abortion laws, including ban on pills to end pregnancy, struck down by state judge
A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. Since 2022, Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens has ruled consistently three times to block the laws…
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Texas women facing pregnancy complications are forced to travel out of state for care
Dani Mathisen was living in Texas and married to her high school sweetheart. She was thrilled to learn she was pregnant with a baby girl. But at 20 weeks, a fetal anatomy scan revealed devastating news. Her daughter only had one kidney, her spine was so bent that it put pressure on her heart and…