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Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.

Life of the Mother

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.

Stillbirths

Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress

The bill expands the use of existing federal money to be used to fight stillbirths. Lawmakers cited ProPublica’s reporting on the issue as key to adding urgency and building support for the measure.

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841 stories published since 2008

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

Struggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care”

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment

Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded.

Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules

FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility

What to Know About the Roiling Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates

The U.S. Government Defended the Overseas Business Interests of Baby Formula Makers. Kids Paid the Price.

A Utah Cleft Palate Team Says Its Approach Is Innovative. Others See a Pattern of Unnecessary Surgeries on Children.

Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring State Health Plans to Cover Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments

Syphilis Is Killing Babies. The U.S. Government Is Failing to Stop the Disease From Spreading.

Lawmakers Could Limit When County Officials in Mississippi Can Jail People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment

We’re Investigating Mental Health Care Access. Share Your Insights.

Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

Severe Complications for Pregnant Veterans Nearly Doubled in the Last Decade, a GAO Report Finds

After Promising to Make Government Health Care Data More Accessible, the Biden Administration Now Wants to Clamp Down

The Year After a Denied Abortion

In Crisis, She Went to an Illinois Facility. Two Years Later, She Still Isn’t Able to Leave.

How to Participate in ProPublica’s Stillbirths Memorial

A Memorial for the Children Lost to Stillbirth

Veterans Affairs Secretary Vows to Increase Staffing at Clinic Tied to Two Deadly Shootings

Medicare Certifies Hospices in California Despite State Ban on New Licenses

How Patients and Doctors Are Navigating the Fallout of the Massive Recall of Philips Breathing Machines

Congressional Watchdog Will Launch Inquiry Into FDA Oversight of Medical Device Recalls

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Mississippi Counties Jail People for Mental Illness

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.