Reproductive Health

National support for expanded medication abortion access, including advance provision and over-the-counter availability, rose since the Dobbs decision, particularly among women residing in abortion-restrictive states, survey data show.

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Association decision continues to have a significant impact on the physician workforce, according to results of an online survey.

Postnatal treatment approaches to hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn vary significantly worldwide, highlighting the need for better practice agreements to improve care, according to results of a cohort study.

Children exposed to certain phenols early in utero appeared more likely to develop asthma when born, according to study results published in Environmental Pollution.

The number and rate of reported abortions decreased in the U.S. while abortion ratios increased from 2013 to 2022, according to surveillance data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Women with severe maternal morbidity after first childbirth have a lower likelihood of pursuing subsequent births, highlighting the need for reproductive counseling and better prenatal care, according to study results published in JAMA.

WASHINGTON — Women with rheumatoid arthritis demonstrate times to pregnancy that were “nearly equal to the general population” when treated under a treat-to-target paradigm, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

Unintended pregnancy after kidney transplantation was not linked to perinatal acute allograft rejection but was associated with mycophenolate exposure and allograft loss at 2 years postpartum, according to data published in O&G Open.

More than half of the top videos on TikTok about conception strategies without treatment were not backed by science, with most created by nonprofessionals and content creators for profit, according to a research letter.

A decision-analytic model revealed that the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to grant personhood status to embryos created using IVF corresponded with fewer IVF cycles, fewer live births and no change in adoptions.