Hospitals Give Pain Control Drugs to Women During Childbirth, Then Report Them for Illicit Drug Use
Fentanyl and other drugs administered by health care professionals during childbirth can show up in toxicology reports done on the mother or baby. Not only can this presence be shocking to mothers who do not realize the drugs have the ability to cross the placenta to reach their babies, but many women are being reported […]
U.S. Maternal Mortality Still Climbing
The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of all developed nations and has been steadily rising since the 1990s. By definition, maternal mortality includes women who die during pregnancy, childbirth, or 42 days after birth during the postpartum period. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has deemed this […]