While North Carolina has expanded Medicaid for postpartum care, gaps in maternal support persist. Entrepreneurs and lawmakers are stepping in to provide critical resources for new mothers who lack essential postpartum support.
Amid abortion access struggles in NC, a painting donation to local abortion clinics stands as a tribute to providers and patients navigating the state’s ever-changing restrictions.
The newly confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services has expressed support for a review of federal approval of mifepristone, which could ultimately revoke access to the drug used in abortion and miscarriage care.
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time.
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. Tens of thousands of...
Stein’s order directs state agencies under his office’s control to take measures to do what they can to protect reproductive rights in the state, which has a 12-week abortion ban on the books.
Republicans no longer have a supermajority in the NC House, but they need only one Democrat to join them, or to simply miss a vote, to still be able to override a veto from Josh Stein. And while Republican leaders have suggested they don't expect a push for further restrictions in 2025, Democrats say they've heard that before.
Researchers looked at the air pollution levels while the donor eggs were developing and the 72 days when the sperm was developing and found a link between an increase in exposure to air pollution and lower embryo quality and egg survival in both cases.
Doctors are concerned that misinformation about birth control might make some women get off it at a time when there are fewer options available for unintended pregnancies in the US.
We can also expect the Trump Administration to take away affordable health care coverage and federal funding for people with low incomes, blocking them from getting essential services like birth control, STI testing and treatment, and cancer screenings from the reproductive health care provider they trust.
