Maternal Mortality

Public health experts blame the United States’ high rates on things like inequities in getting needed health care, systemic racism and a rise in chronic conditions among women of childbearing age.

A former president of the American College of OB-GYNs, a local obstetrician-gynecologist in Sarasota, along with a patient, nurse, and midwife, will talk about how to prevent these deaths, following the screening Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m. at Ringling College.

Most states with abortion limits include exemptions for life-threatening emergencies, but only one state includes “serious mental illness” that could result in the death of the mother or fetus. It's not Florida.

The study presents data on several key factors including levels of maternity care access and maternity care deserts by county, distance to birthing hospitals and availability of family planning services.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates. American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers saw the biggest increases in deaths. And there was high maternal mortality in the Midwest, some northern Mountain states and the Southeast.

The money will pay for efforts to catch pregnancy-related complications early and build trust with patients.

A new report shows that in Florida - one of 14 states that did not expand Medicaid - the uninsured rate for women of childbearing age is more than twice…