U.S. FAMILY

U.S. Pregnancy News

This section covers pregnancy in the United States — prenatal care, maternal health outcomes, fertility treatment and the research and policy that affect the experience of expecting a child. Reporting takes in clinical, public health and cultural dimensions of pregnancy.


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Maternal mortality and morbidity data and what drives disparities in outcomes, new prenatal screening test developments, fertility treatment success rate data, pregnancy complication awareness and the policy and insurance conditions that shape access to prenatal care are the recurring subjects here. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are home to major obstetric research programs and health systems whose maternal health data and clinical practices influence national standards and coverage. Maternal mortality rates and the racial and geographic disparities within them have become the most sustained structural story in pregnancy coverage, generating research, policy and advocacy coverage that runs across multiple years as states and health systems develop and implement responses. Access to prenatal care — shaped by insurance coverage, provider availability and geographic distribution of obstetric services — provides a persistent secondary coverage thread that connects individual pregnancy outcomes to the broader architecture of the health care system.