Latest NewsAbortion-Ban States Provide Worse Health Care To Pregnant Women, Study Says MauraJune 11, 2025 Pregnant women are more likely to have poorer health care in states that ban or restrict abortion, a new study says. Expectant mothers are more often uninsured and have less access to routine medical care in those states, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. HealthcareReproductive rightsUnited States