Maternity

Court-ordered medical procedures are just one of the ways pregnant patients’ rights are restricted. The effort is rooted in the concept of fetal personhood — that a fetus has equal and, in some cases, more rights than the woman sustaining it.

A Florida woman says her own birth plan was overridden when a hospital sought legal intervention. The case was argued before a judge over Zoom – while she was in labor.

In "Missing Me," writer Ayana Lage recalls the harrowing weeks after her daughter’s birth, when she recalled hearing voices (God?) and struggled to distinguish reality from delusion.

"Live & Local" jumps into four controversial issues: school closures in Pinellas, war planning at MacDill, the new teen curfew in Palmetto and treatment gaps for maternal mental health.

UF Health Womb to World brought maternal health resources, ultrasounds and community support to families across Alachua County on Saturday.

National recognition points to evidence-based care, newborn support and keeping high-quality maternity services close to home.

The goal of the rankings, in their fifth year, is to help expectant parents make informed decisions in consultation with their prenatal care providers.

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections. With coming changes to Medicaid, more women are expected to be uninsured or lack access to clinics

Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola and Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast are teaming with the Florida Department of Health to expand their maternit care program.

The health system expects to hire people this fall who will provide information about how to access lactation support and nutrition counseling as well as car seat installation training and stress management.

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas.