Here are the most interesting items we saw this week in women’s health:
📊 Birth control has ranked as the single most morally acceptable behavior Gallup tracks every year it’s been polled. This year it’s at a record low: 83% of Americans call it acceptable, down from 90% last year. Independents drove the slide, losing 11 points in a single year.
🏛️ Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez told the House she lost a pregnancy at 11 weeks, and the medication to pass the miscarriage left her in pain “worse than” delivering her son four years ago. Her amendment directing the NIH to study better pain management for miscarriage passed unanimously.
💉After the CDC dropped its COVID-in-pregnancy recommendation last year, ACOG issued its own immunization schedule for pregnant and postpartum patients, endorsed by 13 medical groups. ACOG said it withdrew from the CDC’s vaccine committee over “concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity.”
— Meghan McCarthy
p.s. Thanks to those who participated in our trivia question! Yes, it really did take until 2024 to scan a pregnant brain. Here’s the story, and we’ll be back Tuesday with another (tough?) question.
TOP CLICKED LINKS THIS WEEK
Moral Acceptability Falls for Several Behaviors // Gallup
FDA Launches Study of Abortion Pill Safety as Opponents Push for Limits // The Wall Street Journal
Apple’s Health app can now tell you if you’re in perimenopause // TechCrunch
Democratic lawmaker calls to improve ‘medieval’ women’s pain management // ms.now
Menopause is burning up senior-level women’s careers // Fast Company
Expecting poor sleep is associated with worse postpartum sleep quality // EurekAlert
