Report shows what abortion procedures were most common in Alabama
The report also details at which stages of pregnancy abortions occurred
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Abortion is already one of the most difficult issues of our time, and loaded language makes it even harder to find common ground.
General Fund budget will address Alabama’s maternal mortality crisis
Advocates say extended coverage is the start of a "healthy future" for Alabama mothers.
April 20, 2022
UAB ICU doctors urge pregnant women to get vaccinated
Ten pregnant women were in the intensive care unit at UAB as of yesterday, with seven on ventilators.
Medical Association supports continued funding for maternal death investigations
The Medical Association joined legislators in calling for continued funding to investigate why mothers die from childbirth.
April 28, 2021
Nearly 70 percent of Alabama’s pregnancy-related deaths in 2016 were preventable: report
Most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, with women of color bearing the brunt of Alabama's maternal mortality crisis.
Jones introduces bill to curb maternal death rate
Women died during pregnancy or during childbirth in Alabama in 2017 at a rate higher than in all but one state, and black women were much likelier to die than white women. U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., last week introduced the Maternal Outcomes Matter (MOM) Act of 2019 that aims … Continued
Jones cosponsors bill to improve access to rural health care for new, expecting mothers
Sen. Doug Jones is co-sponsoring the bipartisan Rural MOMS Act to understand the root causes of maternal mortality and to develop solutions to improve maternal care in rural America. “As I’ve traveled around Alabama to hear directly from women and health care providers about how we can improve maternal health outcomes in the state, they … Continued
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I would like to report a whole bunch of crimes. Murders, actually. Hundreds of murders. I want every Republican legislator, at least the last two Republican governors and a handful of Democrats charged with killing a whole bunch of babies. Babies that they had a responsibility to care for. Following the indictment of Marshae Jones … Continued
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For most of the history of our country, it was widely accepted, as I firmly believe now, that life begins at conception — that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made in God’s image. The thought of prematurely ending a pregnancy was considered in stark, unreconcilable contrast to the principles of our founding of life, … Continued