Legislators discuss requirements for third trimester abortions and emergency care in Connecticut.

Arkansas Medicaid to reimburse depression screening and offer separate payments for maternity services.

Senate Bill 301 would require hospitals to prepare discharge plans for pregnant patients who show signs or symptoms consistent with labor and are discharged before delivery, including aftercare instructions, travel and transportation assessments, and identification of a backup facility; hospitals and DHA told the committee they are neutral on the bill’s flexible approach.

A new international study co-led by Professor Arri Coomarasamy at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, has shown that diagnosing postpartum haemorrhage…

Tennessee requires blood sampling for pregnant women by qualified health providers starting July 2025.

HB2251 (Jordan and MacTerry Act) was amended to narrow the list of medications licensed midwives may administer, require additional pharmacology CE units, strengthen advisory-committee membership, and create sentinel-event reporting; the committee returned the bill with a due-pass recommendation.