maternal health

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services said it is reopening the search for an administrator to oversee a new state program of crisis pregnancy centers that support childbirth over abortion.

A report by the March of Dimes found 33 of Iowa's 99 counties have no OB/GYN and no birthing hospitals or birthing centers.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to review a temporary injunction on an abortion law issued by a district judge earlier this week.

A look at how a lack of maternity healthcare resources in Iowa affects outcomes for parents and babies, plus how new abortion restrictions may impact care

A Polk County judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking an Iowa law that would ban abortion after cardiac activity is detected.

For two years, federal funds have been available for states to extend postpartum health care from two months to a full year for moms on Medicaid. The policy is popular across the Midwest, with Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska all adopting an extension. Iowa remains hesitant.

Black mothers in Iowa are six times more likely to die as a result of childbirth than white mothers. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe and her guests explore the reasons for that statistic and the work being done to change that reality.

A study published in Health Affairs this week found states that expanded Medicaid eligibility saw fewer postpartum hospitalizations.

Millions of people are poised to lose access to abortion across Kentucky and parts of the Midwest pending court battles and elections. More pregnancies mean more need for prenatal care in a region already lacking.

In 2020, the maternal mortality rate for pregnant non-Hispanic Black people was three times the rate for white individuals. And in Iowa those numbers are even starker: Black people in Iowa are six times more likely to die during or shortly after childbirth than white individuals.