If you are a member of the media in need of information about high-risk pregnancies or the Society, please contact Kerri Wade via email at kwade@smfm.org. SMFM staff can direct you to physicians and scientists who are experts in a wide variety of pregnancy-related issues. The press office is open Monday-Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET.

2022 Press Releases & Public Statements 

• August 13, 2022: Utah Medical Professionals Support the Right to Legal Abortion 
• August 9, 2022: Judge to Decide Wednesday Whether to Extend Halt to Wyoming Abortion Ban
• July 7, 2022: SMFM Joined 75+ Health Care Organizations to Oppose Legislative Interference in the Patient-Clinician Relationship
• June 24, 2022: Maternal Health Specialists Issue Joint Statement  on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
• June 24, 2022: Pregnancy Experts Warn, Restricting Access to Abortion Care Harms Women and Families
• May 3: SMFM Responds to Leaked Supreme Court Documents Suggesting the Court Will Roll Back Abortion Rights
• April 2: SMFM Responds to the Published Results of the CHAP Trial
• February 28: SMFM Responds to the Senate's Failure to Advance the Women's Health Protection Act
• February 5: New Research Finds the Collaborative Care Model is Associated with Reductions in Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care for Pregnant People 
• February 4: New Research Finds Pregnant People with Gestational Diabetes at Increased Risk of a Wider Range of Cardiovascular Problems than Previously Thought
• February 3: New Research Finds that Having a Care Manager During Pregnancy Reduces Likelihood of Delivering a Baby Prematurely for Individuals Most at Risk
• February 3: New Research Finds a High-Quality Diet in Pregnancy is Associated with a Lower Risk of Fetal Growth Restriction 
• February 3: New Research Finds Severity of COVID-19 Does Not Differ According to Trimester 
• February 3: New Research Finds Chewing Sugar-Free Gum Reduced Preterm Births
• January 25: World’s Leading Clinicians and Researchers to Examine Social Determinants of Health and How to Improve Obstetric Outcomes
• January 18: Pregnancy Experts Reinforce Commitment to People with Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities

SMFM in the News

• CNN (Sept 22): Ohio’s New Abortion Law Forces Doctor to Fight to Protect Her Patient’s Life
  
• Independent Record (Sept 21): Opponents Say 'Born-Alive' Referendum Will Traumatize MT Families
• New York Times Magazine (Sept 14): What a High-Risk Pregnancy Looks Like After Dobbs
• New York Times (September 10): Do No Harm: OBGYNs Weigh the Legal Impact of Abortion Bans
  
• Ohio Capital Journal (Sept 7): Ohio Dos Say New Abortion Law Has Them Working Against Oaths to Do No Harm
• Forbes (September 6): Your Guide to IUDs
• Washington Post (Sept 1): Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse.
• New Orleans Public Radio (August 22) : A Woman's Denied Abortion Highlights How Louisiana Hospitals are in Limbo Post-Roe
• CBS 17 (August 18): Duke Doctor Issues Health Advisory for Monkeypox During Pregnancy
• The Washington Post (August 17): Medical Groups, 20 States Weigh in on Idaho Abortion Lawsuit
• Medscape (August 15): Higher Cardiac COVID Risks in Pregnancy Require Team Care
• Des Moines Register (August 13): 92 Iowa Medical Providers: Please Work with Us to Protect Women's and Infants' Well-Being After Abortion Ruling
• The New Yorker (August 12): Why a Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complication is on the Rise
• US News & World Report (August 11): Another Study Shows COVID's Danger to Pregnant Women
  
• ProPublica (August 4): "God, No, Not Another Case." COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn't Have to Happen
  
• ProPublica (August 4): How Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Took Root Early On and Why It Won't Go Away
• Contemporary OB/GYN (August 3): New ICD-10 Codes to Know Before October
• Medscape (August 2): Researcher Revisits '03 Guidance on Monkeypox in Pregnant Women
• The Atlantic (August 1): American Motherhood
• New York Times (July 30): New Risks Facing Doctors and Their Pregnant Patients
• Los Angeles Times (July 29) Doctors in Abortion-Ban States Fear Prosecution for Treating Patients With Life-Threatening Pregnancies
• Good Moring America (July 28): After First Case of Pregnant Woman with Monkeypox in US, What Pregnant Women Should Know
• The Boston Globe (July 27): Charlie Baker is '100% Pro-Choice.' He Shouldn't Veto the New Reproductive Rights Bill
• Salon (July 27): "Barbaric" Texas Abortion Ban Turned One Woman's Pregnancy Into A "Dystopian Nightmare"
  
• WBUR (July 26): How the Fall of Roe Could Change Abortion Care in Mass
• NPR (July 26): Because of Texas Abortion Law, Her Wanted Pregnancy Became a Medical Nightmare
• Newsweek (July 21): Doctors: 'Chilling Effect' of Abortion Laws Imperils Women's Lives
• NBC News (July 17): Abortion Laws Spark Profound Changes in Other Medical Care
• The Washington Post (July 16): Confusion Post-Roe Spurs Delays, Denials for Some Lifesaving Pregnancy Care
• Mondaq (July 15): The Room Where It Happens: The Autonomy of the Hospital Ethics Committees Post-Dobbs
• The New York Times (July 14): For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge
• Connecticut Public (July 14): OB-GYNs Speak Out About Abortion, Women's Health, and the Future of Their Practice
• Time (July 14): The Politicization of Fetal Viability
• New Orleans Public Radio (July 14): 'I’m Terrified': Louisiana Doctors Fear for Patients — and Themselves — Under Abortion Ban
• Deseret News (July 13) Uncertainty Swirls Around How Utah Will Enforce Its Trigger Abortion Ban
• The Guardian (July 13): 'At Deaths Door': Abortion Bans Endanger Lives of High-Risk Patients, Texas Study Shows
• Shape (July 12): 6 Common Medical Reasons for Abortion
• Omaha World Herald (July 10): An Abortion Ban in Nebraska Ultimately Hurts Women
• The New York Times (July 5): I'm a High-Risk Obstetrician, and I'm Terrified for My Patients
• KSL Utah, NBC (July 3): High-Risk Pregnancy Specialist Shares Concerns about Utah's New Abortion Trigger Law
• Boston Globe (July 3): Fall of Roe Could Bring 'Catastrophic Consequences' to Maternal, Fetal Health
• The New Yorker (July 2): The Dobbs Decision Has Unleashed Legal Chaos for Doctors and Patients
• WBUR 90.9 FM, NPR (July 1): I'm a High-Risk Ob-Gyn: Abortion Helps Me Save Lives.
• Science News (June 24): 5 Misunderstandings of Pregnancy Biology That Cloud the Abortion Debate
• Public Health Insider (June 23): Is my Baby Ready for COVID Vaccine? Answers for New and Expecting Parents
• ABC News (June 13): Why Doctors Say 'Save the Mother's Life' Exception of Abortion Bans is Medically Risky
• What to Expect (June 1): Should You Get a Booster COVID-19 Shot While Pregnant?
• What to Expect (May 23): What It's Like to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy, According to Moms-To-Be
• The Guardian (May 8): British Scientist Says US Anti-Abortion Lawyers Misused His Work to Attack Roe v Wade
• USA Today (May 5): Pregnancy-Related Deaths Could Rise 20% or More in States That Outlaw Abortion Experts Say
• Yahoo! News (May 5): This is America: Experts Say Abortion Bans Will Impact People of Color the Most
• Scientific American (May 4): What the Supreme Court Should Know About Abortion Care 
• Yahoo! Life (May 3): People of Color, the Poor, and Other Marginalized People to Bear the Brunt if Roe v. Wade is Overturned  
• Yahoo! News (May 3): Everything to Know About the Abortion Pill
• MedScape (March 21): mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Show No Impact on IVF Success Rates
• News Moms Need (March 17): 5 Myths About COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy 
• Dental Tribune (March 11): Simple and Inexpensive - Xylitol Chewing Gum Reduced Preterm Births in Research
• Contemporary OB/GYN (March 9): SMFM Consult Series #60: Management of Pregnancies Resulting From IVF
• CNET News (March 9): What to Know About Getting the COVID Vaccine During Pregnancy 
• Romper (March 7): Chewing Gum Might Help Reduce Preterm Labor, Study Finds
• Tampa Bay Times (March 3): Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind by the COVID Vaccine Drive
• Salon (March 1): Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved at 'Warp Speed' to Help the Masses
• Medical XPress (February 24): COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Studying Racial Disparities and Adverse Birth Outcomes
• Romper (February 24): New CDC Report Shows Maternal Deaths Rose Sharply in the First Year of the Pandemic
• Yahoo! Lifestyle (February 24): Pregnancy-Related Deaths of Black People Drives Increase in 2020, CDC Study Shows
• Medscape (February 24): Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved at 'Warp Speed' to Help the Masses
• Medscape (February 22): Obstetric Care for Gender Diverse Patients
• Medscape (February 8): Vaginal Progesterone for Preterm Birth Has Mixed Results
• Contemporary OB/GYN (February 8): Optimal Prenatal Opioid Use Disorder Care May Reduce Odds of Preterm Birth
• CBS News (February 6): COVID in the Maternity Ward
• MedPage Today (February 5): Collaborative Approach Tied to Less Racial disparities inAntenatal Depression Care
• WebMD (February 4): Chewing This Gum May Lower Risk of Preterm Birth
• Contemporary OB/GYN (February 4): Supporting Transgender and Gender-Expansive Individuals in Reproductive Health Care
• Healthline (February 4): What You Can Do for Your Long-Term Health if You're Diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes
• Kaiser Health News (February 4): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• MedPage Today (February 3): High-Quality Diet Cut Risk of Fetal Growth Restriction
• MedicalXpress (February 3): New Research Finds Severity of COVID-19 Does Not Differ According to Trimester
• Healthline (February 3): Eating Healthy While Pregnant Can Reduce risk of Low Birth Weight
• Washington Post (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• Huffington Post (February 3): Scientists Studying If Sugarless Gum Can Prevent Early Births
• Newsweek (February 3): Sugarless Chewing Gum Could Prevent Early Births, Study Finds
• US News & World Report (February 3): Could a Chewing Gum in Pregnancy Help Prevent Premature Deliveries?
• The Washington (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• Minneapolis Star Tribune: How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• The Seattle Times (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• Orlando Sentinel (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• U.S. News (February 3): Could Chewing Gum in Pregnancy Help Prevent Premature Deliveries?
• NewScientist (February 3): Chewing Gum While Pregnant Linked to Fewer Premature Births in Malawi
• Yahoo! Finance (February 3): New Research Finds Chewing Sugar-Free Gum Reduced Preterm Births
• UPI (February 3): Using Sugar-Free Chewing Gum During Pregnancy Lowers Risk for Preterm Births
• The Telegraph (February 3): Chewing Sugar-Free Gum Cuts Premature Birth Risk
• Health News Digest (February 3): Chewing Sugar-Free Gum Reduced Preterm Births
• HealthDay (February 3): Could a Chewing Gum in Pregnancy Help Prevent Premature Deliveries?
• Business Insider (February 3): Nuvo Group Presents New Data Supporting Expanded Capability of INVU™ Platform for Remote High-Risk Pregnancy Monitoring at Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine's 42nd Annual Pregnancy Meeting
• ABC News (February 3): How to Prevent Early Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
• The Daily Mail (February 3): Chewing Sugar-Free Gum for Just 20 Minutes Per Day During Pregnancy Linked to Reduced Risk of Preterm Births
• National Journal (January 27): The Vaccine Dilemma for Expectant Mothers
• Slate (January 21): Study Explores COVID Vaccine and Fertility

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