Perinatal Harm Reduction News Today

Idaho is far from alone in cratering maternity care and doctors fear it will worsen our maternal mortality crisis

The AZ Supreme Court order could have broader implications, as medical marijuana use is less likely to be treated legally as a form of child neglect.

The mom accused of child neglect, Lindsay Ridgell, turned to medical marijuana to manage her morning sickness.

Although the mother was initially charged and convicted of murder in the stillbirth of her child, serving more than a year in jail, the dismissal of her charges led to the California attorney general weighing in on how the state’s law on murder should be interpreted in these kinds of cases.

Reproductive rights and justice advocates and experts discuss the recent legal interpretation of California's definition of murder to exclude charging pregnant people with the crime when they allegedly cause the miscarriage or stillbirth of a fetus