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Health Jul 28

How state abortion bans are affecting doctors and how they practice

By Sarah Varney, Rachel Wellford

Politics Mar 09

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Medicaid coverage for new moms gains support in GOP-controlled states

After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new mothers, Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states are reversing course.

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Arts Feb 05

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A Brief But Spectacular take on being a women's healthcare warrior

Dr. Donna Adams-Pickett is a practicing OB-GYN in Georgia, a state that’s known as a maternal care desert. She’s run a women’s health center there for more than two decades. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on a career…

By Moe Sattar, Elizabeth Burton, Melissa Williams

Nation Nov 01

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Hourslong drives and huge bills. Here's what the pregnant and uninsured face in South Dakota

Fear of financial ruin is enough to compel people to gamble with their health. Will South Dakota voters choose to expand Medicaid?…

By Laura Santhanam

Health Dec 12

700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?

The United States ranks as one of the most dangerous developed nations to become pregnant and give birth, especially for women of color -- and data shows the life-threatening risk doesn’t end once mom and baby have left the hospital.

By Laura Santhanam

May 22

Harris' bill seeks to address racial bias in maternal care

By Associated Press

Sen. Kamala Harris' bill would create some $150 million in grant programs to medical schools and states to fight implicit racial bias in health care for women.

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