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Trusted health sites spread myths about a deadly pregnancy complication

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Here’s one issue blue and red states agree on: preventing deaths of expectant and new mothers

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A larger role for midwives could improve deficient U.S. care for mothers and babies

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Alabama’s frustrating half measure: Lawmakers to limit drug prosecutions during pregnancy

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A Trojan horse of hate: North Carolina’s new bill is a “hostile takeover of human rights”

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Alabama hospitals are quietly drug testing new mothers — without their consent

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Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail

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A terrifying precedent: Woman to be tried for murder for giving birth to stillborn

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“To say ‘my religious law trumps your secular law’ is a radical idea”

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Prominent abortion researcher: We face our own harrassment

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Bucking the trend, California is trying to expand access to abortions

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WalMart sex-discrimination case has been a game changer

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