MFMs in the News in 2023

This page collates media coverage of SMFM and its members during 2023. For other years, please see 2024 and 2022. For more information or specific inquiries, please contact us.

• San Antonio Report (January 5): San Antonio obstetrician: Abortion ban complicates high-risk pregnancy care
• WABE Atlanta (January 6): Georgia may not see expanded access to abortion pills despite FDA rule change
• Healthline (January 9): Can You Access Abortion Pills at Your Local Pharmacy? What to Know Right Now
• Contemporary OB/GYN (January 10): Who needs a fetal echocardiogram?
• Parents (January 12): What Dealing With Fetal Growth Restriction Was Like
• Montana Free Press (January 12): Dozens testify against new rules for Medicaid-eligible abortions
• Billings Gazette (January 12): Opponents line up against rule to require pre-authorization, limit who can provide abortions
• Bismarck Tribune (January 13): North Dakota Legislature to tackle abortion questions as ban sits in limbo
• ABC Boston (January 14): Mass. General doctor on improving access to care in communities of color
• Bismarck Tribune (January 16): Amendments sought for bill that would revise North Dakota abortion laws
• Washington Post (January 16): Covid during pregnancy increases risk of maternal death, study finds
• CNN (January 17): Large new review underscores the risks of Covid-19 during pregnancy
• Prevention (January 17): Study Finds Pregnant People With COVID Are 15 Times More Likely to Need a Ventilator
• Clinical Advisory (January 17): Reforming Institutions, Integrating Health Technology to Address Maternal Mortality Gap
• Flathead Beacon (January 18): Columbia Falls Legislator Withdraws Mandatory Fetal Death Certificate Proposal After Extensive Pushback
• Romper (January 18): Is Vape Smoke Bad For Pregnancy? Experts Explain The Risks
• Yahoo! News (January 18): Transgender men can get pregnant. Here's what they wish more people understood.
• VICE News (January 19): I Helped an 11-Year-Old Rape Victim and Hundreds of Other People Get Abortions After Roe
• ABC 8 (January 20): Virginia Republican breaks from party to vote against abortion restrictions, proposes own compromise
• New York Times (January 21):  Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.
• Omaha World Herald (January 22): Nebraska physicians speak out against proposed six-week abortion ban
• Pregnancy & Newborn (January 23): VBAC: Taking Back Your Birth
• Healio (January 23): Preventing maternal mortality: We need data to truly understand maternal health in the US
• Scientific American (January 23): Antiabortion Heartbeat Bills Are neither Morally nor Legally Sound
• Yahoo! News (January 24): COVID vaccination rates are low in pregnant people. Experts say misinformation is partly to blame.
• Daily Interlake (January 25): Bill allowing for death certificates for miscarriages passes committee after tweaks
• Romper (January 27): OB-GYNs Explain the Connection Between Stress & Miscarriage
• Salt Lake Tribune (January 31): Brett Einerson: Bill would prevent undue suffering of Utah’s parents and children
• WBUR Boston (February 6): Black women are more likely to get sick and die from pregnancy. A simple medical device could help
• CNN (February 8): Ohio abortion law meant weeks of ‘anguish,’ ‘agony’ for couple whose unborn child had organs outside her body
• WUSF Public Media (February 8): This doctor says historical legacies of racism affect women's health today
• WSMV Nashville (February 8): Pregnancy trauma predicts heart disease
• Yahoo! News (February 8): New Preeclampsia Research Funded to Investigate Genetic Targets to Develop Potential Therapeutics
• Yahoo! News (February 9): New Research Finds that People Who Use Cannabis Early in Pregnancy Are At Increased Risk of Poor Pregnancy Outcomes
• Yahoo! News (February 9): New Research Finds Single Dose of Popular Antibiotic Given During Labor Significantly Reduced Risk of Maternal Death or Sepsis in Developing Countries
• ABC4 Salt Lake (February 9): What Women Need to Know About Heart Disease and Pregnancy
• HealthDay News (February 10): Azithromycin Cuts Maternal Sepsis, Death in Vaginal Delivery
• Contemporary OB/GYN (February 10): Azithromycin reduces risk of maternal sepsis, death in vaginal delivery
• Contemporary OB/GYN (February 10): Large, real-world study finds Jada System safe, effective for postpartum hemorrhage
• Medscape (February 10): Vacuum Device for Postpartum Hemorrhage Works Well in Real World
• SELF (February 10): What to Know About the Health Screening That Can Save Pregnant People’s Lives
• US News & World Report (February 10): Marijuana Use in Early Pregnancy Could Raise Risks to the Placenta
• MDEdge (February 10): More evidence suggests oxytocin can be discontinued early in labor
• MDEdge (February 10): Antenatal corticosteroids: Fresh answers to old questions
• MedPage Today (February 10): Cannabis May Interfere with Pregnancy
• MedPage Today (February 11): Women With Hypertension During Pregnancy Face Higher CVD Risks
• Yahoo! News (February 11): One of the Largest Studies of its Kind Finds Being Exposed to Wildfire Smoke Increases Risk of Going into Labor Prematurely
• NBC News (February 11): As little as one day of wildfire smoke exposure in pregnancy may raise risk of preterm birth
• MedPage Today (February 12): No Negative Neurodevelopmental Issues With Late Exposure to Antenatal Steroids
• MedPage Today (February 13): Lower Blood Pressure Better in Pregnancy With Diabetes
• US News & World Report (February 13): Wildfire Smoke May Send Pregnant Women Into Premature Labor
• Medscape (February 13): NICU Use Up, Birth Weights Down in Babies of Mothers With HCV
• Contemporary OB/GYN (February 13): Large for gestational age births could increase diabetes risk in women
• HealthDay News (February 13): Wildfire Smoke May Send Pregnant Women Into Premature Labor
• ABC4 Salt Lake City (February 13): What Women Need to Know About Heart Health During Pregnancy
• US News & World Report (February 14): Delivering a Plus-Sized Baby Could Be Sign of Diabetes Risk
• Star Herald (February 15): Eight female doctors are trying to keep abortion legal in Nebraska. Will it work?
• Salon (February 15): A new post-Roe reality: What will medical abortion look like if Trump judge bans mifepristone pill?
• Health (February 16): Study: Common Pregnancy Complications Could Increase Risk of Heart Disease for Decades
• Idaho Statesman (February 16): Opinion: I’m a maternal-health doctor, and I’m leaving Idaho because of restrictive abortion ban
• US News & World Report (February 17): Complication Risks Rise in Pregnancies Among the Very Young
• HealthDay News (February 17): Intrauterine Vacuum-Induced Hemorrhage Control Device Safe
• HealthDay News (February 17): Risk for Prediabetes, Diabetes Increased for Those Delivering Large Infants
• HealthDay News (February 21): Early Pregnancy Cannabis Exposure Tied to Adverse Pregnancy 
• Healthline (February 21): What Happens if This Common Abortion Pill Gets Banned?
• MedPage Today (February 22): Postpartum Urinary Retention: Intermittent Catheterization May Be Best
• The Guardian (February 22): 'I cried with her': the diary of a doctor navigating a total abortion ban
• Fairfield Sun Times (February 22): Abortion bills heard, including to require prior authorization for Medicaid patients
• Magnolia Tribune (February 22): Mississippi State Medical Assoc. advocates for postpartum Medicaid expansion
• Mississippi Today (February 22): ‘Mississippi moms can’t wait.’ Doctors urge legislators to extend postpartum coverage
• CBS17 Raleigh (February 22): Doctors to NC lawmakers: Restricting abortion more puts patients at risk, causes fear for clinicians
• Associated Press (February 22): Doctors urge NC lawmakers to oppose new abortion limits
• The Salt Lake Tribune (February 23): ‘The stuff of war crimes’: Lawmaker objects that mental illness left out of exceptions in Utah’s latest abortion bill
• News from the States (February 23): Doctors recount ‘heart-wrenching’ stories in new study on medical care post-Roe
• ProPublica (February 24): Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban
• Indy Weed (February 26): Doctors Urge Lawmakers Not to Limit Abortion Further
• Missoulian (February 26): Abortion bills heard in rush to midway point of Legislature
• Omaha World-Herald (February 26): 'How sick do we let people get?' Doctors, supporters at odds over Nebraska abortion bill's reach
• Salon (February 26): More people over 45 are getting pregnant — and abortion laws aren't ready for the complications
• HealthDay News (February 27): Pregnancy Outcomes Worse for Young Versus Older Adolescents
• Minnesota Public Radio (February 28): The reality of later-in-pregnancy abortion is more complex than MN debate lets on
• Scientific American (March 1): New Test Predicts a Life-Threatening Pregnancy Disorder
• The Tennessean (March 2): Tennessee abortion ban: Doctors decry law as changes debated
• Yahoo! News (March 2): High-risk obstetrician: NC abortion law is forcing me to provide dangerous care | Opinion
• Fort Worth Report (March 6): Heart disease linked to high rate of pregnancy deaths. Most are preventable
• Inverse (March 9): Breastmilk Can Boost the Microbiomes of C-section Babies, New Research Shows
• Healthline (March 13): Why This FDA-Approved Drug for Pre-Term Birth is being Pulled From the Market
• Texas Observer (March 13): Abortion Training in Texas is Vanishing
• ProPublica (March 14): Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.
• MD Edge (March 14): Opioid overdose is an important cause of postpartum death
• NPR (March 15): The U.S. has a high rate of preterm births, and abortion bans could make that worse
• New York Times (March 16): Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women
• Good Morning America (March 16): Maternal mortality rates increased in 2021, highest in Black women
• Science News (March 16): Maternal deaths in the U.S. keep climbing
• CNN (March 16): US maternal death rate rose sharply in 2021, CDC data shows, and experts worry the problem is getting worse
• Kaiser Health News (March 16): The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?
• Scripps News (March 16): Maternal death rates increasing, new statistics show
• New York Times (March 16): All-or-Nothing Abortion Politics Will Leave Women With Nothing
• The Cut (March 17): How Dobbs Upended Med Students’ Futures
• Romper (March 17): We Can Stop Asking If Covid Vaccines Are Safe During Pregnancy
• Chattanooga Times Free Press (March 18): Tennessee lawmakers close in on changes to abortion ban as doctors get organized or get fed up
• ABC News (March 20): Texas abortion law means woman has to continue pregnancy despite fatal anomaly
• Slate (March 21): “You Know What? I’m Not Doing This Anymore.”
• Yahoo! News (March 21): What's an inverted uterus? Here's what you need to know about 'one of the most serious complications of childbirth.'
• Flatwater Free Press (March 22): Doctor fear: Will abortion ban “chilling effect” harm patient care?
• News From the States (March 22): North Carolina’s existing abortion restrictions harm patients, doctors say
• North Carolina Health News (March 23): NC doctors walk the halls of General Assembly to oppose more abortion limits
• Texas Observer (March 23): Abortion Laws Stand Between Pregnant Texans and the Care They Need
• Medscape (March 24): Forceps May Help Moms With Obesity Avoid Cesareans
• U.S. News & World Report (March 27): COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: Study
• Yahoo! News (March 27): How to Navigate Pregnancy with Lupus
• NPR (March 28): The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier
• U.S. News & World Report (March 29): Could COVID in Pregnancy Raise Odds for Obese Kids?
• Idaho Capitol Sun (March 29): Idaho legislators pass contentious bill that adds clarification language to abortion ban
• Flathead Beacon (March 30): Doctors Warn Abortion Bill Would Restrict Montana Obstetric Care
• Salon (March 30): Why "born alive" bills like Kansas' are a ruse designed to spread abortion misinformation
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (March 30): Will Wisconsin become the next state to expand Medicaid benefits for new mothers?
• Washington Post (April 1): The tragic, preventable reasons syphilis is surging among U.S. infants
• Yahoo! News (April 2): 283 Missouri medical professionals: Restricting abortion care is wrong and un-American | Opinion
• CNN (April 6): Life-threatening pregnancy and childbirth risks can vary depending on where you live, study finds
• CNN (April 7): Maternity units are closing across America, forcing expectant mothers to hit the road
• Idaho Capital Sun (April 7): Survey shows Idaho’s maternal health doctors are leaving the state, or soon will
• KUSA Denver (April 7): Doctor leaves Tennessee for Colorado over abortion ban
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star (April 7): Physicians react to ruling placing abortion pill use in jeopardy
• U.S. News & World Report (April 12): No Sign Mild COVID in Pregnancy Can Harm Infant Brain
• The North Platte Telegraph (April 12): Some Nebraska doctors fear ‘collateral damage’ from proposed near-total abortion ban
• Washington Post (April 13): Unpacking the flawed science cited in the Texas abortion pill ruling
• FOX13 Tampa Bay (April 13): Florida medical students fear lack of training under 6-week abortion ban, seek schooling in other states
• Romper (April 14): Can You Take Tylenol While Pregnant?
• Bloomberg Law (April 14): Abortion Pill Prescribers Are Uncertain With New Court Order
• Yahoo! News (April 14): The Supreme Court Put A Five-Day Pause On Upcoming Restrictions To Abortion Medication
• PBS (April 15): U.S. sees concerning rise in STIs, congenital syphilis with no signs of slowing
• Prevention (April 16): 5 Myths About Pregnancy We All Need to Stop Believing
• ABC News (April 17): 'Something's got to change': Experts sound alarm on dangers of US maternity care shortage
• NPR (April 18): COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys
• Parents (April 19): Can You Take Tylenol While Pregnant?
• Time (April 19): Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Would Limit Access Across the South
• Yahoo! News (April 19): Prenatal depression may be linked to cardiovascular disease after childbirth
• Parents (April 24): What Does the Umbilical Cord Do?
• HuffPost (April 26): 'Immense And Needless Suffering': Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Creating A Crisis Of Care
• News from the States (April 26): Residency programs and medical practices drew them to Tennessee. Then came Dobbs.
• Nebraska Examiner (April 27): Nebraska abortion ban tied to cardiac activity falls one vote short; 20-week limit remains intact
• Stat News (April 28): To prevent preeclampsia, experts push for broader blood pressure testing at home
• The New Republic (April 28): Why Banning Mifepristone Will Hurt More Women Than You Think
• MSNBC (April 30): Obstetrician leaves Idaho after state enacts one of the nation's most extreme abortion bans
• MD Edge (May 1): Experts outline comprehensive preeclampsia prevention strategy
• Yahoo! News (May 1): Q&A with Dr. Carolina Reyes, wife of health secretary Xavier Becerra, on disparities in health care
• Kaiser Health News (May 1): After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus
• CNN (May 2): Because of Florida abortion laws, she carried her baby to term knowing he would die
• ProPublica (May 3): What You Need to Know About Stillbirths
• Yahoo! News (May 5): Black Maternal Mortality Rates Have Spiked. Here’s Why, According to Experts.
• Yahoo! News (May 5): As Health Care Companies Look Foward A.I., Many People are Still Missing Out on Basic Services
• Yahoo! Finance (May 31): Heart Health is Sub-Optimal Among American Indian/ Alaska Native Women, Supports Needed
• U.S. News (June 2): What to Do When Tough-to-Treat Lymphoma Strikes During Pregnancy
• Yahoo (June 2): Logan Brown, A Pregnant Transgender Man, Is on the Cover of 'Glamour' Magazine. 'I Do Exist,' He Says - and So Do Others.
• Yahoo! News (June 12): Clinic, Physicians Challenge Revised North Dakota Abortion Laws in Ongoing Lawsuit
• CNN health (June 14): What is Eclampsia, The Condition that May Have Contributed to Olympian Tori Bowie's death?
• National Journal (June 14):  Abortion Restrictions Have Red-State Doctors Thinking about Relocating
• Washington Post (June 19):  Tori Bowie Death Evokes Many Black Women's Own Pregnancy Crises
• MedPage Today (June 21): A Year Later, Doctors Feel Impact of Dobbs Decision 'Every Single Day'
• NBC News (June 22): Doctors Grapple with OB-GYN Shortages Amid State Abortion Bans
• New Republic (June 23): The End of Roe Created Two Unequal Americas
• Salon (June 24): An Ohio High-Risk OBGYN on Abortion Fears Come True and Life One Year Post Dobbs 
• Deseret News (June 24): We are in a Maternal Mortality Crisis. How Do We Reverse the Trend?
• Meet the Press (June 25): Abortion in America
• Ohio Capitol Journal (June 27): Medical, Social Work Groups File Support in Ohio Supreme Court Abortion Case
• Yahoo! News (June 30):  Strict Abortion Laws are Driving an Exodus of Women's Health Specialists
• CNN US (July 7): Kentucky Couple 'Furious' State Abortion Laws Meant They Couldn't Hold their Daughter to Say Goodbye
• Des Moines Register (July 11): We Are Healthcare Provider: An Abortion Ban Will Harm Our Patients
• Post-Tribune-Chicago Tribune (July 13): Pence Would Ban Abortions when Pregnancies Aren't Viable
• Yahoo! News UK and Ireland (July 16): It's Demoralizing': Idaho Abortion Ban Takes Toll on Medical Providers 
• Yahoo! News (July 19): Report Shows Tennessee Black Women 2.5 Times More Likely to Die from Pregnancy-Related Causes
• CNN (July 20): Nearly Two Years After Texas’ Six-Week Abortion Ban, More Infants are Dying
• Indianapolis Star: (Sept 1): Indiana is the Crossroads of America's Abortion Debate and Our Future is Bleak 
• New York Times (Sept 6): As Abortion Laws Drive Obstetricians from Red States, Maternity Care Suffers
• Washington KTVZ (Oct 3): Senate Unanimously Passes Merkley-Cassidy Bill to Address ‘Silent Stillbirth Crisis’
• The Salt Lake Tribune (Oct 3): New OBGYNs are Avoiding Abortion-Restrictive States Like Utah 
• BNN Network (Oct 6): The Ethical, Emotional Toll of Abortion Bans on American Doctors 
• New Jersey 101.5 (Oct 9) First Ever NJ Stillbirth Awareness Campaign is Unveiled
• Ms. Magazine (Oct 9): California Brings First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Against Anti-Abortion Movement's 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Scheme
• The Nocturnists (Oct 12): Post-Roe America: Uprooted
• Contemporary Pediatrics: (Oct 17): Maternal RSV Vaccines: What Health Care Providers Should Know Right Now 
• The Nocturnists (Oct 19): Post-Roe American: Culture of Silence
• This American Life (Oct 21): The Devil is in the Details. And There are So Many Details.
• Yahoo News (Dec 7): Idaho Law Forced Women Out of State for Abortions. They Detail ‘Grim’ Experiences
• Ms. Magazine (Dec 9): Texas Supreme Court Overturns Ruling That Would Have Allowed Kate Cox to Terminate Nonviable Pregnancy
• LA Times (Dec 11): Texas Woman Who Sought Court Permission for Abortion Leaves State for the Procedure, Attorneys Say
• NBC News (Dec 11): Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sought Abortion Hours After She Says She’ll Travel Out of State
• MSN (Dec 12): Kate Cox Did Not Qualify for an Abortion in Texas, State Supreme Court Says
• Sarasota Herald Tribune (Dec 13): Florida Must Show Compassion for Women Who Face High Risk Pregnancies
• Yahoo News (Dec 13): Biden Slams 'Legal and Medical Chaos;' in Texas after Woman Forced to Seek Out-of-State Abortion
• AOL (Dec 13): A Close Look at the Texas Abortion Controversy
• Yahoo News (Dec 16): Kate Cox’s ‘Hellish’ Experience Reveals the Reality of Texas’s Abortion Exceptions
• FactCheck.org (Dec 22): Post Spreads Misleading Information about Texas Abortion Case
• MedPage Today (Dec 28): Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access