Poland’s abortion ban has had many unintended consequences. One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women’s lives.
Tag: Pregnancy and Childbirth
Covid Vaccine Misinformation Still Fuels Fears Surrounding Pregnancy, a New Study Finds.
Health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, to protect both maternal and fetal health.
‘This is Going to Hurt’ Finds Dark Humor on the Maternity Ward
“This Is Going to Hurt,” a dramedy starring Ben Whishaw, kindled debate in Britain about hospital care for pregnant women and the pressures on doctors.
11 Families in Senegal Welcomed Newborns. A Fire Left Them Devastated.
Joy over the births turned to shock and grief after a blaze swept through a neonatal ward at a hospital in Senegal. “There’s nothing we can do but suffer,” said a man who lost his grandson.
The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health
Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.
Covid-19 has been a leading cause of maternal deaths in Latin America, a W.H.O. official says.
Officials say pregnant women in the region face an elevated risk of developing severe disease from a coronavirus infection.
Inside a Maternity Hospital in Ukraine as War Grinds On
As artillery shells fall, pregnant women are delivering prematurely, being shuttled in and out of bomb shelters or having babies in basements without even a midwife to help. Tens of thousands more are displaced.
Woman Photographed After Russian Strike On Maternity Hospital Has Died
Her baby also died, the news organization said. The photo captured last week has become one of the defining images of human suffering in the war.
Parents Relying on Ukraine Surrogates Desperately Seek Their Newborns
The Russian invasion has disrupted a thriving hub of legal commercial surrogacy. Some couples are risking trips into the war zone to get their children.
Merck’s Covid Pill Might Pose Risks for Pregnant Women
Some laboratory studies suggest that molnupiravir can insert errors in DNA, which could in theory harm a developing fetus, sperm cells or children.