On November 19, the House of Representatives advanced legislation, the Build Back Better Act, that would require all states to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a full year. The bill would also make new investments in maternal health programs focused on...

Alarmingly, 2021 has seen more abortion bans and restrictions enacted by state legislatures than in any year since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. These restrictions threaten to exacerbate the nation’s ongoing maternal morbidity and mortality crisis by limiting access to...