News Headlines

• Truth in pregnancy counseling March 1, 2011 The New York City Council is about to vote on, and should pass, an important measure that addresses the problem of crisis pregnancy centers that masquerade as licensed medical facilities but are, in fact, fronts for anti-abortion groups that interfere with the ability of women to make timely, well-informed decisions about their reproductive health.

• Surge of births after deadly New Zealand earthquake Feb 28, 2011 "It's just one of those things. You could blame it on the full moon or the high tide. I think anecdotally people go into survival mode," Canterbury midwifery director Samantha Burke told local media."

• Teens become moms to give life meaning Feb 28, 2011 While the nation drew a collective gasp at the "pregnancy tsunami" sweeping through our schools, with an unacceptable 5 000 girls fall pregnant in one year in Gauteng alone - and these are just the cases we know about - teenage births have, in fact, come down in South Africa.

• Midwives lobby for Medicare coverage Feb 28, 2011 Almost 100 people in support of midwifery in the state gathered Monday in Austin to encourage legislators to make a choice that could potentially save Texas millions of dollars in Medicaid costs.

• New Jersey's black babies at higher risk Feb 28, 2011 The death rate for Black babies in New Jersey during the first year of life is more than twice as much as it is for white babies, despite the state’s low infant mortality rate overall, according to numbers from New Jersey’s health department.

• Mild Analgesics During Pregnancy May Increase Risk For Reproductive Disorders in Male Offspring Feb 28, 2011 Women who take mild analgesics during pregnancy may be at increased risk for giving birth to infants with congenital cryptorchidism, according to a prospective study from Scandinavia. However, the findings were mixed, with the link appearing in women from Denmark but not those from Finland—a split result the researchers could not fully explain.
  

• Breastfeeding may cut obesity risk in kids of diabetic moms Feb 25, 2001 Infants whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk for childhood obesity, but breast-feeding lowers that risk, a new study suggests.