Many pregnant women in the U.S., particularly in the South, face inadequate prenatal care, complicated by abortion restrictions, air pollution and extreme heat, according to a new March of Dimes report. As a result, there have been no improvements in the preterm birth rate in the last 10 years.


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High rates of preterm birth and infant deaths get the US another D+ grade: ‘It’s a travesty’

Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her first pregnancy to go.

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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her first pregnancy to go. At 21 weeks pregnant, O’Neil was having some unusual vaginal bleeding. With growing worry, she and her husband, Jorge, visited the nearby community hospital in rural Maryland where she had been …

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A growing number of areas without OB-GYN care could further drive up the number of preemie births in the U.S., experts say.

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Premature births in the U.S. remain at an all-time high, the March of Dimes reports

(CNN) — Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her…

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There were 370,000 preterm births in the US last year. The United States continues to be a scary place for women to give birth.

US Plagued by 'Historically High' Number of Preterm Births

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(NewsNation) — The report card is in, and the U.S. is nearly failing. The 2024 March of Dimes Report Card issued the nation a D+ for its preterm birth rate and found that maternal mortality returned to pre-pandemic rates while infant mortality rates increased for the first time in two decades. A preterm birth occurs when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, which can cause complications for the baby and the mother. The preterm birth rate…

Premature births in the U.S. remain at an all-time high, the March of Dimes reports

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