What: An Ohio grand jury voted against indicting Brittany Watts for “abuse of a corpse” after she miscarried her nonviable baby at 21 weeks pregnant into the toilet.
Why it matters: Watts faced up to a year in prison, even though doctors had sent her home from the hospital to miscarry on her own. The bizarre prosecution attracted international attention.
Source: CNN
Actress Florence Pugh discussed living with PCOS and endometriosis, and her decision to freeze her eggs at 27 years old.
Women with type 2 diabetes who got a GLP-1 medication were less likely to develop new fibroids than women who just took metformin, a diabetes medication.
The head of Donald Trump’s transition team was on CNN last night, and he spent a lot time praising RFK Jr.’s debunked theories that childhood vaccines cause autism.
Georgia state officials shut down an entire committee dedicated to reviewing maternal mortality in the state, after ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of two women as a result of the state’s abortion ban.
Reproductive rights groups are not ready to embrace compromises on abortion, IVF, and birth control access, arguing that they could harm access to reproductive care.
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
This is a story that captures the moral challenges and nuance that arise when you mix the law and pregnancy.
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.
What: The New York Times combs through VP Kamala Harris’ record on abortion from her days as a prosecutor, finding an “unwavering conviction” that women
A study published in JAMA found cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with immediate risks, such as low birth weight and preterm birth.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
Kidney disease in women has nearly tripled in the past 30 years, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as some of the leading causes.
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
Combing through the data to explain why most late term abortions happen (hint: it’s fetal anomalies and not convenience.)
Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid–the country’s massive health insurance programs for the elderly and lower-income adults and children.
A federal judge struck down Wyoming’s abortion ban, ruling it unconstitutional and granting access to abortion in the state.