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Noninvasive Prenatal Screening: Eliminating Barriers to Access and Reducing Disparities

SWHR convened an interdisciplinary working group for a closed roundtable meeting to discuss how to eliminate barriers to access and reduce health disparities related to genetic screening, with a focus on noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) and expanded carrier screening (ECS).

Maternal Health Literacy: Educating Mothers to Keep Them Safe

Poor health literacy is a contributing factor to health disparities and may influence maternal and infant health. 

Coronavirus and Women’s Health Resource Hub

SWHR Urges Congress to Provide $100 Million for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network

SWHR Urges Congress to Include $750 Million in Funding for Title V MCH Block Grant

SWHR Asks ACIP to Continue Prioritizing Pregnant People in Recommendations for New COVID-19 Vaccine

Maternal Health Disparities: A Q&A with Dr. Jasmine Johnson

SWHR CEO Katie Schubert interviews Dr. Jasmine Johnson, a maternal-fetal medicine fellow at the University of North Carolina, about racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.

SWHR Endorses Momnibus Bill to Address Disparities in Maternal Health

SWHR endorses the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, a comprehensive package of 12 bills that address disparities in maternal health.

SWHR Urges Biden Administration to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

SWHR signed onto a letter urging swift action from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve pending […]

Pregnant Women Must Be Included in Medical Research

Pregnant people have historically been excluded from clinical research on the grounds of protecting women and their pregnancies from harm. […]