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# Pregnancy

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## Pregnancy


* ![New Trump Rule Requires U.S. Officials With No Medical Training To Determine Whether A Pregnant Woman Really Needs Medical Care](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c1a9e4a95b6f9a6/698a0949457a52bd11d6372c/birth-tourism-trump-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2020  
## [What to Know About Trump's New 'Birth Tourism' Rule](https://time.com/5770664/birth-tourism-trump-rule/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 2, 2019  
## [How Rising Temperatures Due to Climate Change are Shortening Pregnancies](https://time.com/5740394/climate-change-early-births/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![A woman in 9th months of pregnancy at living room.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b82c43706c9d3f3/698a06b1b3fce3bc990c5ef3/pregnancy-women-care-hospitals-.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2019  
## [Many Pregnant Women Live Too Far From a Doctor to Get Regular Care. Here's How Technology Can Help](https://time.com/5740091/maternal-care-rural-counties/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jessica Rosenworcel
* ![Newborn babies sleeping in hospital nursery](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6231332c7adbb5d/698949dee76ad272a8634a84/newborn-babies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 15, 2019  
## [U.S. Birth Rates Hit a Record Low in 2018](https://time.com/5588610/us-birth-rates-record-low/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Doctor walking down hospital corridor](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4374a099bf903958/698942d097cdff5ef56b71c1/pregnant-crisis-doctor-nurses-black-woman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 8, 2019  
## [I Was a Pregnant Woman in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman](https://time.com/5494404/tressie-mcmillan-cottom-thick-pregnancy-competent/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Tressie McMillan Cottom  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt276ab5e1aa4f0be5/6988cc0a8fd2ee7b35356ea0/time-health-stock-pregnancy-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2018  
## [More Women Are Having Heart Attacks During Pregnancy and Birth](https://time.com/5341209/women-heart-attacks-pregnancy-childbirth/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Illustration of a women's profile](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt278bece3a967abc2/6989302ecf40a8f033c4c31c/three-miscarriages-what-happens-after.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2018  
## [I Had Three Miscarriages. Here’s What They Taught Me About Hope](https://time.com/5274147/miscarriage-pregnancy-hope/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Laura Turner
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39526621c86a713e/69892d7bfb4eac3a3a89652b/pregnant-woman-sex-safe-dr-ruth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2018  
## [Ask Dr. Ruth: Can I Safely Have Sex While Pregnant?](https://time.com/5235045/sex-during-pregnancy-safety/)  
by Dr. Ruth Westheimer
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13dbaa43a73f6b00/69892ca2656a3f7d3ebd40b8/nancyredd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2018  
## [I Was So Fed Up With Unrealistic Pregnancy Books, I Wrote an Uncensored One](https://time.com/5211616/real-talk-pregnancy/)  
by Nancy Redd
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 15, 2018  
## [Money Buys Happiness Up to a Point](https://time.com/5160231/money-buys-happiness-up-to-a-point/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute  
* ![White pills \(full frame\) TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ecbd38d04128af4/6988c13386f68e78ee6e41b8/time-health-stock-white-pills.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 10, 2018  
## [New Study Links Pregnant Women Taking Acetaminophen with Language Delays in Baby Girls](https://time.com/5096715/acetaminophen-pregnancy-language-delays/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Amanda MacMillan
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt276ab5e1aa4f0be5/6988cc0a8fd2ee7b35356ea0/time-health-stock-pregnancy-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2018  
## [Why Are So Many Mothers Dying in Texas?](https://time.com/5088014/maternal-mortality-pregnancy/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Human sperm, artwork](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73398168fcf0b067/6988f660cf40a82cb0c4abcd/sperm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2017  
## [Birth Control for Men? Researchers Will Test a Hormone Gel in 2018](https://time.com/5077942/male-contraceptive-hormonal-gel/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Amanda MacMillan
* ![Close-up Of Two Hands](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt306437dd83330a63/6988f3c0ab6d776eb46b0df8/gettyimages-453602984.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2017  
## [Scientists Can Tell if Babies Will Be Left-Handed Before They're Even Born](https://time.com/5049822/left-right-handed-babies-research/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![contemporary](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43325444913f4720/6988e4e38fd2eecaa13598a8/pregnant-women-perchlorate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 8, 2017  
## [A Common Chemical May Be Unsafe for Pregnant Women and Babies. Here's What You Need to Know](https://time.com/5013321/perchlorate-health-risks/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme

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