Reproductive Health

Moderate state legislation on abortion was associated with lower rates of maternal, fetal and infant mortality, but did not lower all-cause mortality, compared with restrictive laws, data published in Obstetrics & Gynecology showed.

PHILADELPHIA — Rheumatologists are unlikely to be held liable under a state’s anti-abortion laws for prescribing methotrexate for a rheumatic disease, according to a law professor who spoke at ACR Convergence 2022.

Changes in state-level availability of reproductive health services — namely closures of Planned Parenthood facilities — were associated with severe maternal morbidity, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Depression was associated with a lower likelihood of having children and of having fewer children for adults in Finland, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Perceived high stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with self-reported changes in menstruation, according to data published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although race and neighborhood deprivation were closely related, neighborhood deprivation was not associated with IVF outcomes, data presented here suggest.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patients who received fertility treatments may be able to have a naturally conceived live birth in the future, data presented here showed.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In this video exclusive, ASRM President-Elect Michael A. Thomas, MD, discusses his vision for the organization in the coming year.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Among U.S. residents, Black and Asian women of reproductive age were more likely to have asymptomatic uterine fibroids compared with their white and Hispanic peers, according to data presented here.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Reducing the embryo warming time from 15 minutes to 1 minute had no significant affect on the pregnancy or implantation rate for patients undergoing frozen embryo transfer, data presented here showed.