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 or phone at + 1 (202) 517-6121. SMFM staff can direct you to physicians who are expert sources in a wide variety of pregnancy-related issues. The press office is open Monday-Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET.

2019 Press Releases & Public Statements 

• November 4, 2019: Leaders in High-Risk Pregnancies Analyze State Policies that Address Maternal Mortality
  
• October 30, 2019: SMFM Responds to the FDA’s  Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Advisory Committee
  
• October 25, 2019: Experts in High-Risk Pregnancy Respond to the Published Results of the PROLONG Trial
  
• August 21, 2019: Leading Experts in High-Risk Pregnancies Issue Report on Reproductive Health Services
• July 25, 2019: ACOG and SMFM Release Updated Guidance to Help Hospitals Provide Risk Appropriate Maternal Care
  
• May 6, 2019: SMFM Statement Opposing Final Conscience Rule
• April 8, 2019: Leading Experts in Obstetric Care Issue New Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis
• March 8, 2019: SMFM Partners with ACOG and Others to Observe International Women's Day 2019
• February 26, 2019: Final Title X Regulation Disregards Expert Opinion and Evidence-Based Practices
• February 11, 2019: How to Classify High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy? New Research Shines a Light on Conflicting Criteria. 
• February 11, 2019: Researchers Examine Postpartum Hospital Readmissions for Women with Psychiatric Conditions
• February 11, 2019: Leaders in Pregnancy Care Partner with Las Vegas High School
• February 11, 2019: Researchers Present New Findings on Postpartum Racial Disparities and Cardiovascular Disease
• February 11, 2019: Researchers Examine the Best Time to Screen Obese Pregnant Women for Gestational Diabetes
  

View select press releases and public statements from 2017 and 2018.

SMFM in the News

• Health Affairs (October 31): To Save New Mothers, We Need To Rethink Care Delivery
  
• CNN (October 31): FDA Panel Recommends Withdrawing Approval of Makena Drug, Used to Prevent Preterm Births
  
• Medscape (October 30): FDA Panel Backs Pulling Makena From Market for Preterm Birth
  
• STAT News (October 28): Will an FDA Panel Recommend a Drug for Preventing Premature Births Remain Available?
  
• Wall Street Journal (October 25): Preterm Birth Treatment Isn't Effective, Study Finds
  
• News Medical (October 25): Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Releases Statement in Response to PROLONG Trial Results
  
• Medical XPress (October 25): Experts in High-Risk Pregnancy Respond to the Published Results of the PROLONG Trial
  
• MedPage Today (October 25): Unexpected Findings in Confirmatory Trial of Preterm Birth Drug
  
• Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct 18):  Premature Birth is Still a Mystery. A Drug Many Hoped Would Improve Outcomes is Now in Doubt
  
• Newsweek (Sept 4): Doctors Remember Horrors of Life in America Before Roe v. Wade, Warn More Women Will Die If Law Is Overturned
  
• Medscape (Sept 4): Medical Groups, NEJM Editors Urge Abortion Rights Protection
  
• Science Codex (August 21): Leading Experts in High-Risk Pregnancies Issue Report on Reproductive Health Services
  
• US News & World Report (August 16): Crohn's Disease and Pregnancy
  
• NJ.com (August 2): The Invisibility of Mothers is Why They are Dying
  
• FactCheck.org (July 26): When Are Heartbeats Audible During Pregnancy?
  
• AAFP News (July 17): Push for Legislative Fix for Harmful Title X Rule
  
• MedPage Today (July 12): Model Fails to Predict Maternal ICU Admission Risk
  
• New York Post (July 6): Queens Mom Gave birth to Someone Else’s Babies after IVF Mix-Up: Suit
  
• San Luis Obispo Tribune (June 7): Missouri Health Officials Seek Answers on Abortion Clinic
  
• Genome Web (June 7): NIPT Trisomy 21 Screening Works Equally Well in Twin and Singleton Pregnancies, Study Finds
  
• NJ.com (May 29): More than 3 out of 4 N.J. Hospitals Perform Too Many C-Sections Risking Mom, Baby’s Health, Report Says
  
• New York Times (May 29): The Hidden Consequences of the New Abortion Laws
  
• Elle (May 22): Black Moms Are Dying at Staggering Rates In America
  
• BET (May 22): Kamala Harris Introduces Maternal CARE Act To Combat Racial Bias In Maternal Healthcare
  
• Irish Times (May 1): Home Births and Health Complications
• Good Housekeeping (April 18): Gallstones Are the Pregnancy Complication No One Warned Me About
• News Medical (April 9): SMFM Releases New Recommendations Related to Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis
• Specialty Medical Dialogues (April 9): Maternal Sepsis during Pregnancy and Puerperium: SMFM Releases New Recommendations
• Medical Xpress (April 8): Experts Issue New Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis
• Healio (April 5): AHA/ACC Hypertension Definition Identifies More Women At Risk for Preeclampsia than ACOG
• McGovern Medical School (April 1): Kenneth Moise, MD, Honored with Lifetime Award from National Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  
• WFMJ Youngstown (March 30): Sen. Brown Proposes Legislation to Lower Death Rates for Infants, Moms
  
• Contemporary OB/GYN (March 28): Is Universal HCV Screening in Pregnant Women Cost-Effective?
  
• Medscape (March 22): Reducing C-Section Rates Doesn't Harm Mother or Baby
  
• US News and World Report (March 22): Is There a Safer Choice Than Opioids After a C-Section?
• The Salt Lake Tribune (March 21): Commentary: Utah Legislators Ignored Expert Advice on Abortion Law
• Wall Street Journal (March 18): New Doubt on Treatment to Prevent Preterm Birth
  
• Self (March 18): Why You Don't Actually Need to Test for MTHFR Gene Variants
  
• Medscape (March 15): Perinatal Death Tripled in Home Compared With Hospital Births
  
• Health (March 15): Should All Pregnant Women Get Tested for Hepatitis C?
  
• SCS eNews (March 13): Aidan Kashyap Awarded the Best Oral Presentation
  
• MD Linx Pediatrics (March 12): Prenatal Betamethasone Cost-Effective in Women at Risk for Late Preterm Delivery
  
• Contemporary ObGyn (March 11): Unplanned Out-of-Hospital Birth and Risk of Perinatal Death
• Essential Baby (March 8): Is 50 the New 40 When it Comes to Having Babies?
  
• UT Health News (March 7): Researchers Present New Discoveries in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at National Conference
• Romper (March 7): 7 Signs Childbirth Will Be Hard For You
• Mountain Grove News Journal (March 5): Family Planning and IBD: Expert Answers to Common Questions
• MedPage Today (March 4): Confirmed, Again: Safety and Benefits of Influenza Vaccine in Pregnancy
  
• Science Daily (March 4): Home Births are Three Times More Dangerous than Hospital Deliveries
  
• Columbia University News (March 4): How Columbia Women Are Changing Medicine
• MD Linx (March 1): Home Births 3 Times More Dangerous than at Hospitals
• McGill Med E-News (March 1): Talking Women’s Health with Dr. Gabrielle Cassir
  
• Doximity (February 26): A Resident Finds a Community of Curious Scientists at SMFM
  
• Doximity (February 25): A Presentation at SMFM Reminded Me to Check My Implicit Biases
  
• MedPage Today (February 22): First Insulin Management App Cleared; Apple vs Pear Genes
  
• Doximity (February 20): SMFM Conference Is 'About the Science' and the Local Community
  
• Desert News (February 20): Utah House Committee OKs Bill to Ban Abortions after 18 Weeks
• UAB News (February 20): Early Screening for Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant, Obese Women May be Unhelpful
  
• MD Linx Endocrinology (February 20): Early Screening for Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant, Obese Women May be Unhelpful
• MedPage Today (February 19):  Study: No Benefit With Early GDM Screening in Obese Women
  
• Odessa American (February 19): Local Physician Named President of the World’s Most Prestigious High-Risk Pregnancy Organization
• Medscape (February 19): Newborn Health Harmed by Cannabis Exposure
  
• MedPage Today (February 18): Dental Support Devices During Labor: All Bark, No Bite?
  
• MedPage Today (February 17): Texting Succeeds for Remote HTN Care in Black Women
  
• Tech Explorist (February 16): Evaluating if Maternal Administration of NAC Lowers Risk of Morbidity or Death in Infants of Women with Intraamniotic Infection
  
• MedPage Today (February 16): Pain After C-Section: Are Opioids Really Necessary?
  
• Yale News (February 15): Versatile Drug May Protect Baby from Hazards of Intraamniotic Infections
• MedPage Today (February 15): Postpartum Readmissons: Racial Disparities Abound
• MedPage Today (February 15): Higher Costs With Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks? It's Complicated
• USF Health (February 14): Dr. Judette Louis Named President-Elect for National Maternal-Fetal Medicine Group
  
• Specialty Medical Dialouges (February 13): Early Screening for Gestational Diabetes not Beneficial, Study Refutes ACOG Guidance
• News-Medical.Net (February 13): New Study Helps Doctors Better Understand High Blood Pressure in Pregnant Women
  
• News-Medical.Net (February 13): Studies Address Racial Disparities in Postpartum Period and Cardiovascular Health
  
• Medical Xpress (February 12): Researchers Present New Findings on Postpartum Racial Disparities and Cardiovascular Disease
  
• Medical Xpress (February 12): How to Classify High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
  
• Medical XPress (February 12): Researchers Present New Findings on Postpartum Racial Disparities and Cardiovascular Disease
  
• Indianapolis Business Journal (February 8): 2019 Forty Under 40: Dr. Nicole Lee Plenty
  
• Charlotte Post (February 7): Metropolitan College Aims to Boost Birth Advocates
  
• D CEO Healthcare (February 4): How to Prepare for Texas' New Maternal Care Levels
  
• MD Linx (January 29): Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Hepatitis C Virus Screening of Pregnant Women in the United States
  
• Healthline (January 29): Aspirin May Reduce Stroke Risk for Women with Preeclampsia History
• Reuters (January 28): New Website Aims to Guide Women with IBD through Safe Pregnancies
  
• Fierce Healthcare (January 18): Industry Voices—4 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Prepare for New Maternal Care Designations
  
• MedPage Today (January 17): Trends in Anti-Epileptic Drug Use During Pregnancy
  
• Medical X Press (January 16): AGA Releases Guide to Care for Women with IBD throughout Family Planning
  
• MD Edge (January 15): SMFM and ACOG Team Up for Interpregnancy Care Guidance
• The Washington Post (January 5): A Safe Prenatal Genetic Test is Gaining Popularity with Young Moms-To-Be and Their Doctors

View select news coverage from 2017 and 2018.

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