Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the ...

The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

New data from the CDC shows that Black women are three and a half times more likely to die due to pregnancy complications ...

Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations ...

Overall, infant mortality was about four times higher among births linked to abortion bans than it was in the general ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.

The inauguration of a new administration in the White House heralds a consequential juncture for women’s health globally.

For nearly two decades, California has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality. In fact, our state has the lowest maternal mortality rate in the nation. But despite this progress, ...