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More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. What can be done to save more lives?
A nurse practitioner and member of a Maternal Mortality Review Committee says targeted interventions and community-based care are key to prevention.
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Abortion isn't the top voting issue for most Americans. It's still motivating them to turn out.
A new survey finds that two-thirds of Americans who are likely to vote say the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade made them motivated to cast a ballot in the midterms.
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NAACP climate director explains why now is the time to fight environmental racism
Abre’ Conner, the group's director of climate and environmental justice, discusses how policy leaves Black communities vulnerable to pollution — and how that can change with the midterms.
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More than 'Don’t Say Gay': Proposed national bill is latest move in fight over LGBTQ+ rights
Over 30 House Republicans seek to ban federally funded institutions from promoting information about LGBTQ+ people that could reach children.
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Where top abortion-focused super PACs are spending in the fight to control Congress
These groups have put around $6 million into key battlegrounds in October, according to an analysis by The 19th, indicating where they think their messaging can mobilize the most voters.
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Stacey Abrams wants more Georgians with disabilities to be able to live independently
The gubernatorial candidate said she would clear the backlog of more than 7,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded services in their own homes.
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From wildfires to hurricanes, midwives could play a key role in disaster response
The Biden administration released a plan to invest in more midwives to address the maternal health crisis.
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States passing abortion bans reflect what only a small minority of their constituents actually want
Women are more likely to support abortion access than men, regardless of the laws in their state. The same is true of Black Americans vs. White Americans, our new analysis shows.
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Black mothers are at the center of a fight to keep youth out of an adult prison in Louisiana
Legal advocates say moving incarcerated youth to the once notoriously-violent Angola prison will traumatize them and limit their access to needed programs and services.
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'They see that it's really in our hands now': Young women work to get out the vote in the wake of Dobbs
They’re at times registering to vote at higher rates than young men and older voters, and some are organizing get-out-the-vote efforts on their college campuses.