--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pregnancy ## Pregnancy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  Jan 5, 2018 ## [Why Are So Many Mothers Dying in Texas?](https://time.com/5088014/maternal-mortality-pregnancy/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  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 *  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 *  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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/pregnancy/","name":"Pregnancy"}}]}] ```