Mental health – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

11 Sep

Infection or stressful events during pregnancy may increase anxiety risk in offspring

RandyLatest NewsMental health, Pregnancy

Increased risk for anxiety may begin before birth, shaped by infection or stressful events during pregnancy, according to a new preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

23 May

Texas abortion law linked to spike in mental distress

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, legislation, Mental health, Reproductive rights, Texas

Mental distress among reproductive-aged women has increased by Texas’ abortion restrictions, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

15 Mar

Political climate linked with Georgia women’s mental health outcomes, Emory study finds

ChaseLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, Mental health, misogyny, United States, Women's Health

While politicianscan make decisions that have direct effects on keeping the public healthy, new research from Emory University highlights how policymakers may also have indirect impacts on their constituents’ wellbeing.

07 Jan

How the Mental Health Terrain will be Impacted by the Next Presidential Administration

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Mental health, United States

“We’ve been through this before. It’s not new, the pendulum swings. We just have to brace ourselves and focus on what we can control.”

27 Mar

Mental health & pregnancy + sudden cardiac arrest in women

BarbraLatest News, United StatesCardiac Care, Mental health, Pregnancy, Woman's Health

Every year, about 350,000 people suffer sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. Almost 90 percent of all cases are deadly. 40 percent of these episodes are made up by women. While men and women experience different symptoms of heart disease, the risks of sudden cardiac arrest are different, too. Nancy Dagefoerde, an advanced practice nurse with the OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute, says sudden cardiac arrest can happen to any adult, mostly those 30 and older.

14 Feb

Mental health emerges as dividing line in abortion rights initiatives planned for state ballots

BarbraLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, legislation, Mental health, United States

The weeks after Kaniya Harris found out she was pregnant were among the hardest in her life. Final exams were fast approaching for the college junior. Her doctors told her she had an ovarian cyst, and the risk of ectopic pregnancy was high. The wait times for abortion clinics near her city of Bethesda seemed impossibly long. And she couldn’t visit her family in Kentucky because of the state’s abortion ban.

24 Oct

Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Bans, Abortion Care, Healthcare, Medical exceptions, Mental health, Mental illness, United States

"More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with limited medical exceptions meant to protect the patient’s health or life. But among those states, only Alabama explicitly includes “serious mental illness” as an allowable exception. Meanwhile, 10 states with near-total abortion bans (Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming) explicitly exclude mental health conditions as legal exceptions, according to an analysis from KFF, a health policy research organization...."

15 Oct

Her body, her choice: Why a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy must be upheld

TobysFundInternationalAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Delhi, Healthcare, India, International Abortion News, Mental health, post-partum depression, Supreme Court, Women's Rights

For abortions within 24 weeks of gestation, there is no legal requirement for pregnant persons to approach courts for permission. Yet, the petitioner in a recent case was forced to approach the Supreme Court, as healthcare providers disregarded her decisional autonomy to terminate her pregnancy.