Pregnancy

Liberia US Aid Cuts
Roseline Phay, 32, stands with her daughter Pauline outside their home in Bong County, Liberia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)

Health

As US abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies

JULY 8, 2025

FILE - A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File)
FILE - A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File)

Pregnancy

Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth

FEB. 5, 2025

Paris Olympics Pregnant Olympians
FILE - Egypt's Nada Hafez competes with United States' Elizabeth Tartakovsky in the women's individual Sabre round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Athletes

Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris

AUG. 5, 2024

AP Poll IVF Personhood
FILE - Lab staff use a microscope stand and articulated hand controls to extract cells from 1-7 day old embryos, shown on the monitor at right, that are then checked for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman. But a significant share – 46% -- say it describes their views at least somewhat well. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Abortion

More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll finds

JULY 12, 2024

Raquel Robinson, Londyn Crenshaw
Raquel Robinson poses with her one-year-old daughter Londyn Crenshaw at their home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. After her daughter was born in October 2022, Robinson was diagnosed with postpartum depression. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Discrimination

This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement

JUNE 18, 2024

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This 2022 photo provided by Julie Ann Nitsch is hospitalized in Texas before surgery to remove her fallopian tubes, in a 2022 photo provided by Nitsch. Nitsch, A sexual assault survivor, she says she chose sterilization at age 36 rather than risk getting pregnant by another rapist with restrictive abortion laws in effect.. (Julie Ann Nitsch via AP)

Abortion

AP examines how Supreme Court’s abortion decision is already affecting women’s health

JULY 22, 2022

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