maternal health

Economy / Health

New income guidelines to allow more Alabamians to qualify for WIC

The updated thresholds expand access to nutrition benefits, breastfeeding support and health education for pregnant women, new parents and young children.

June 3, 2026

Sen. Britt seeks to designate Jan. 23 as Maternal Health Awareness Day

Senators Britt and Booker reintroduced a bipartisan resolution to address the maternal health crisis, noting 60,000 women suffer severe morbidity annually.

January 26, 2026

Alabama coalition takes aim at racial, economic disparities in maternal health

The new collaboration plans mobile health units and expanded mutual aid, addressing the complex policy, poverty and racism affecting safe birth.

December 9, 2025

This Week on The V: Doug Jones run, polling flaws and health crises

The V panel breaks major political news, dissects misleading polling, and examines rising health costs and worsening maternal and infant outcomes.

November 24, 2025

Report ranks Alabama among worst states for maternal, infant health

A new March of Dimes report card placed Alabama among U.S. states with the worst maternal health outcomes, citing high mortality and preterm birth rates.

November 18, 2025

Pregnant women could defer prison sentences under proposed law

Alabama bill allows pregnant women to defer incarceration and provide postpartum care for 12 weeks, with probation until that date.

February 11, 2025

Alabama’s families are at risk: A doctor’s plea to close the Medicaid gap

We can expect more rural hospitals to shutter their obstetrical departments in the coming months.

August 20, 2024

Pregnant woman holding blanket, feeling abdominal pain, risk of miscarriage

It was never about the babies

Voters in this state, compelled by one fabricated, fictional rightwing crisis after another, ignored the everyday realities facing them.

November 1, 2023

ADPH approves birthing center regulations amid lawsuit

The rules come within a week of a lawsuit filed by the Alabama ACLU on behalf of multiple birthing centers.

August 21, 2023

Midwives, doctors file suit challenging “de facto ban” on birthing centers

The lawsuit claims that ADPH has created significant uncertainty around the legal status of birth centers that provide midwife-led care.

August 9, 2023