New Maternal Health Fund Aims to Support Black Louisiana Parents Carrie Murphy Louisiana's maternal care landscape is dire. Birthmark's mutual aid fund works to close to the gap.
Access Barriers Create Worse IVF Outcomes for Black Parents Madeleine Aitken Stigmas and other hurdles cause lower rates of success for Black patients who use IVF and other infertility treatments to start families.
‘It’s Never Been Done:’ Black-led Birthing Center to Serve Detroit Tatiana Walk-Morris When it comes to the U.S. maternal mortality rate, "we still have a long way to go, and birth centers are a major part in shifting those outcomes."
Giving Birth Is Expensive. Birth Care Funds Are Working to Fill the Gap. Thalia Charles Birth care funds are working to provide support to new parents and combat predatory "crisis pregnancy centers."
How Maternal Health and Abortion Access Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Stephanie Mitchell & Avital Norman Nathman States with the most restrictive abortion laws have the worst maternal and infant health outcomes, particularly for Black women.
Why Harris’ Black Maternal Health Plan Must Evolve to Actually Help Families Mali Collins Efforts to improve the dismal Black maternal health rate cannot rely solely on funding institutions. A Harris administration must invest in people too.
Adoption, Abortion, and the Politics of Parenting Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy "The idea that women are choosing between abortion and adoption is not borne out by the data at all."
Why There’s No ‘Right’ Way to Birth Ashley Mitchell We need to stop saying bodies are "made for childbirth" and challenge narratives about who should be pregnant and how birth should happen.
Will Alabama’s IVF Mess Go National? Madeleine Aitken Alabama tried putting a Band-Aid over IVF criminalization, but it might be too late.
How Abortion Bans Hinder Pregnancy Counseling Thalia Charles Pregnancy options counseling include abortion referrals, but state-level bans make it difficult for providers to offer the full spectrum of options.
Meet the Providers Aiming to Make Fertility Care More Accessible T.S. Mendola In underserved areas of Pennsylvania for fertility care, these doctors are "creating ways that we can do the work more effectively."
Exclusive: Sens. Murray, Duckworth Reintroduce Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act Garnet Henderson The bill was introduced in the previous session of Congress but failed to make it out of committee.
How the Children of LGBTQ+ Parents Protect Each Other in the Face of Discrimination Reina Gattuso As conservatives increasingly question queer families' right to exist, the children of LGBTQ+ people have found community—and safety—with one another.
