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

• USA Today (November 17): The rate of babies born premature saw a 'concerning' increase in 2021, report finds
• CBS Chicago (November 17): Number of babies born pre-term in Illinois has been on the rise for years 
• CBS New York (November 17): World Prematurity Day raises awareness around babies born early 
• Healio (November 16): Restrictive abortion laws increase maternal, infant mortality rates 
• Montana Free Press (November 15): How Montana’s LR-131 ‘Born-Alive’ referendum failed 
• ProPublica (November 13): Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. She Blames a System That Doesn’t Always Listen to Mothers
• FOX 13 (November 11): CDC: COVID-19 hospitalizations in babies on the rise 
• Stat News (November 10): Legal at one clinic, illegal at another: How abortion bans make gestational age even less precise 
• FOX 2 Detroit (November 9): Proposal 3 approved, legalizing abortion in Michigan 
• Stat News (November 7): ‘We’re sick of watching women die’: In Michigan, doctors rally to protect abortion access 
• Yahoo! News (November 6): Uncertainty over 'Born Alive' bill stokes fears
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 4): Doctors seek to join legal battle over state's 1849 abortion ban 
• US News & World Report (November 4): Pregnancy Is Most Dangerous for the Very Young 
• Mississippi Today (November 3): ‘Death at your toes’: A look inside a Mississippi maternity care desert 
• Houston Chronicle (November 3): Physician group threatens legal action over stalled Texas maternal mortality report
• Billings Gazette (November 3): Mother speaks out against born-alive referendum after loss of son
• Mississippi Chronicle (November 3): ‘Death at your toes’: A look inside a Mississippi maternity care desert
  
• Popsugar (October 31):  How Ectopic Pregnancy Got Drawn Into the Abortion Debate 
• Fargo Forum (October 31): Here’s a look at abortion legislation likely to come forward in North Dakota next year
• Rutgers Today (October 31): Why Pregnant Women Shouldn’t Wait to Get Flu Vaccinations and COVID-19 Boosters 
• Billings Gazette (October 28): Timothy Mitchell: Nothing about LR-131 is humane 
• Montana Free Press (October 28): As election nears, doctors, nurses speak out against Born-Alive Infant referendum 
• NPR (October 27): At 18 weeks pregnant, she faced an immense decision with just days to make it 
• Daily Montanan (October 27): LR-131 passage could cause ‘exodus’ of healthcare workers in Montana 
• Jezebel (October 27): Montana Voters Are Facing a Deceptive Abortion Ballot Measure 
• The Guardian (October 26): The Doctors Leaving Anti-Abortion States: ‘I couldn’t do my job at all’
  
• Georgia Recorder (October 26): Court Witnesses Debate Role of Exceptions in Georgia Abortion Law; Judge’s Decision to Come Later
• CNN (October 26): I’m a Doctor. The Law Shouldn’t Force Me to Hurt my Patients this Way
• Rutgers Today (October 26): Abortion’s Impact on the Midterm Elections
• American Civil Liberties Union (October 25): Georgia Abortion Providers Urge Court to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban at Trial
• Louisiana Illuminator (October 25): Both Sides of Abortion Debate Criticize Louisiana's List of Exceptions
• Jezebel (October 25): Patients and Doctors Describe 'Atmosphere of Terror' at Emotional Louisiana Abortion Hearing
• Los Angeles Times (October 24: Editorial: Michigan Voters Can Show the Country How to Protect Abortion Rights
• Associated Press (October 19): Race Gap Seen in US Infant Deaths After Fertility Treatment
  
• Time (October 17): ‘Am I a Felon?’ The Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Permanently Changed the Doctor-Patient Relationship
• Associated Press (October 17): Physicians Want Voter Pamphlet Correction on Abortion Bill
• Medscape (October 17): Other Countries Have Reduced Stillbirth Rates. Why Not the US?
• Charleston Post and Courier (October 16): SC Supreme Court Will Take Up State’s Suspended Abortion Law this Week
• Billings Gazette (October 14): Guest Opinion: Health Care Professionals Oppose LR-131
• Boise State Public Radio News (October 14): Idaho Medical Association Passes resolutions to Protect Pregnant Patients Amid Abortion Bans
• Wall Street Journal (October 13): Doctors Struggle With Navigating Abortion Bans in Medical Emergencies
• Kaiser Health News (October 13): Abortion Bans Skirt a Medical Reality: For Many Teens, Childbirth Is a Dangerous Undertaking
• CNN (October 12): ‘Heartbreaking’ Stories go Untold, Doctors Say, as Employers ‘Muzzle’ Them in Wake of Abortion Ruling
• NewsBreak (October 10): Tennessee Physicians Call on Legislators to Reverse Abortion "Trigger Law"
• WLPN, Tennessee (October 10): Hundreds of Healthcare Workers ask Tennessee Lawmakers to Reconsider the State’s All-Out Abortion Ban
• Washington Post (October 8): Pregnancy Complications Spiked During the Pandemic. No One Knows Exactly Why.
• NPR (October 7): Why Childbirth is So Dangerous for Many Young Teens
• Truthout (October 7): Abortion Bans Are Making It Harder for Some Cancer Patients to Get Chemotherapy
• Stat News (September 30): Maternal-Fetal Surgery is not an Alternative to Abortion Care
• CNN (September 22): Ohio’s New Abortion Law Forces Doctor to Fight to Protect Her Patient’s Life
  
• Contemporary OB/GYN (September 22): SMFM Consult Series 61: Anticoagulation in Pregnant Patients with Cardiac Disease
• Independent Record (September 21): Opponents Say 'Born-Alive' Referendum Will Traumatize MT Families
• FOX2 Detroit (September 20): Doctors Support Abortion in Michigan as Issue goes to November Ballot
• New York Times Magazine (September 14): What a High-Risk Pregnancy Looks Like After Dobbs
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 11): A Pregnancy that Could Kill You in Missouri
• New York Times (September 10): Do No Harm: OBGYNs Weigh the Legal Impact of Abortion Bans
  
• Ohio Capital Journal (September 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 Morning 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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