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A new study found that 60% of pregnant women had suboptimal iodine status, highlighting a need for increased nutritional awareness to support maternal and child health. The IMPROvED study evaluated iodine levels in more than 1,500 women who were pregnant with their first baby. Key findings: —60% of participants had insufficient iodine intake. —The average urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was 125µg/L, below the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended level of 150µg/L for pregnancy. —Women who were younger, had a higher BMI, lower education levels, or were not taking iodine containing supplements were more likely to be deficient. —Seasonal variation played...

A U.S. district judge has ruled that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) exceeded its authority when it inserted abortion accommodations into the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) — and must now remove them. KEY TAKEAWAYS: A U.S. District judge said changes made to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by the Biden administration were ‘unlawful’ and must be removed. The lawsuit was brought by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which had originally supported the Act as written and passed in 2023. The USCCB argued that if Congress had intended to include abortion in the PWFA in 2023,...

Adriana Smith was 9 weeks pregnant when she sought medical treatment for severe headaches. Medical providers gave her medication but didn’t realize Smith had multiple blood clots in her brain until it was too late. Smith was declared brain dead about 3 months ago. A Georgia hospital has been keeping her on life support since, and her son is now about 21 weeks. Doctors are hoping to get him to 32 weeks. These situations are rare, but not entirely unprecedented. One systematic review found that, in 35 cases of maternal brain death, 77% of neonates were born alive and 85%...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer Wait. Why did a pregnant woman get appointed as US Surgeon General? Are we serious about these nominations? Women take maternity leave. So we have a US Surgeon General who will soon be on maternity leave? Can she even do her job? 8:32 AM · May 10, 2025

The Texas heiress who went viral for her $59 million Parisian “wedding of the century” is expecting her first baby with her felony-suspect husband, who is facing time behind bars for allegedly shooting at three cops. Madelaine Brockway shared the life-changing news on Instagram showing off an extravagant cake at her recent gender reveal party in Paris, France. “18 weeks with our bean,” she wrote, tagging her husband Jacob LaGrone. Brockway, the heir to several Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Florida, chowed down on a pink piece of cake, celebrating her unborn baby girl, photos showed. The soon-to-be-dad, however, is in the...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to pregnancy rumors, stating that she is “not pregnant” and had just eaten “a lot of food at Thanksgiving.” “Everyone keeps asking me if I’m pregnant,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram story in response to a question asking if she was pregnant. “Actually, a member, a Republican, came to me on the floor this week and asked me if I was pregnant. I’m not pregnant guys, I had a lot of food at Thanksgiving. Okay? It happens.”

“Had the Deputy not been on scene or delayed performing this maneuver the driver and vehicle would have likely gone into the water upon reaching the lake,” stated Williamson County Sheriff Jeff Diederich in a Facebook post.

Heavily Pregnant liberal woman says she has the right to abort her baby as she writes ‘Not yet a human’ on her stomach.

A simple blood test could help doctors identify women in labor who are at risk for preeclampsia—a leading cause of maternal death—and take precautions to prevent it, according to research. While preeclampsia can develop as early as the 20th week of pregnancy, the study focused on identifying women who were at risk for preeclampsia when they were admitted to the hospital in labor. Researchers have determined doctors can predict a woman's risk of developing preeclampsia by calculating the ratio of two blood proteins—fibrinogen and albumin—measured in routine blood tests done when women in labor enter the hospital. Fibrinogen is involved...

A study has found that nearly all pregnant women ingest the fungal toxin zearalenone (ZEN), which mimics estrogen in the body and hinders reproduction in some animals. Researchers detected ZEN or its metabolites in 97% of urine samples from pregnant women and 84% of placentas. ZEN is a type of mycoestrogen, an estrogen-like compound produced by certain molds that contaminate grains, meats and processed foods worldwide. It's most common in crops such as corn, wheat and barley. ZEN is so structurally like the hormone 17β-estradiol that it binds with estrogen receptors. Large doses reduce the number and size of offspring...

A man has been charged with murdering a 13-year-old girl he is accused of impregnating. Jarvis Ramon Butts, 41, was charged on Thursday with first degree murder and second-degree criminal sexual conduct following the disappearance of Na'Ziyah Harris on January 9. The little girl was last seen getting off a school bus on Detroit's east side. Her body has not been found. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy revealed on Thursday that Butts knew Na'Ziyah because he had children with her aunt. 'He was a classic and expert groomer and pedophile,' Worthy said. Police allege Butts sent multiple sexually explicit text...

Pro-life activists are calling for a former Stoughton, Massachusetts police detective, alleged to have murdered a young woman after having sexually abused her for years, to also be charged with murdering her unborn baby. In February 2021, Matthew Farwell, 38, of North Easton is alleged to have murdered Sandra Birchmore of Canton by strangulation after Birchmore informed him she was pregnant with his child. Farwell is accused of killing Birchmore in her apartment and then arranging the scene to appear as if she had committed suicide, as the Boston Herald has reported. Farwell’s indictment for Birchmore’s murder was filed August...

The latest report by Public Health France revealed alarming data, stating that today, more than one in 10 French women smoke during pregnancy, despite the widespread knowledge of health risks associated with tobacco use. More French women are smoking while pregnant A 2021 study by Public Health France surveyed more than 1,300 mothers of children under five years old, revealing that 13 per cent of the women smoked throughout their pregnancy. The survey showed that 45 per cent of the women had stopped smoking after learning of their pregnancy, while 51 per cent reduced their smoking habits and 4 per...

For pregnant mothers, the number one cause of death is homicide. Research has found that homicide, frequently committed by a husband or partner, took more pregnant mothers’ lives than any other cause. These crimes often destroy the lives of the mothers’ unborn babies as well, and a mother’s refusal to have an abortion frequently is a factor. And that’s what happened in Wisconsin, where a man has bene charged with first-degree intentional homicide after confessing that he shot and killed his girlfriend because she told him she was pregnant and wanted to keep the baby. According to police, 23-year-old Logan...

A pregnant Walgreens employee wasn’t allowed to leave work to see her doctor when she began spotting blood, according to a newly settled federal lawsuit. Her manager refused to let her go until someone could fill in for her — but then said “she could not find a replacement for her” at the store in Alexandria, Louisiana, the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. Now, Walgreens has agreed to pay $205,000 to settle the lawsuit accusing the company of pregnancy and disability discrimination, the EEOC said in a March 15 news release. The company is required...

During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) declared, “there should not be white men in red states telling people across this country, telling women and pregnant folks across this country what we can do with our own bodies.” Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “What do you make of that, when we hear from some lawmakers, like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who say, on the idea of some states that don’t have any exceptions, ‘[T]wo wrongs don’t make a right.’ And the question is ‘not whether a woman should be forced...

Authorities have said they still have no suspects for the murder of a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman found dead in her Pennsylvania home on Monday. Rebekah Byler was six months pregnant when she was shot dead in her Crawford County home, where her two children were found unharmed. Trooper Cynthia Schick said on Tuesday that an autopsy has provided some evidence, including her time of death. Schick did not offer additional details besides that Byler was the victim of homicide, after locals reported seeing a red Jeep at the property around the time of the killing. 'Keep being vigilant. This...

WASHINGTON — Three women have opened up about their past abortions and how they eventually forgave themselves after struggling with indescribable emotions and, in some cases, addictions. Last month, thousands of pro-lifers from across the globe braved the cold and snow to attend the 51st annual March for Life, where the theme this year was "With Every Woman, For Every Child." The theme emphasized the movement's dedication to uplifting pregnant women so that no woman feels alone before and after her pregnancy. For those who have had an abortion, many women have described feeling as if abortion was their only...

Two horrific crimes against pregnant women in Greece have led to calls for femicide to be recognized as a specific criminal act. In the first case, a 41-year-old woman who was three months pregnant was murdered by her partner and his friend. The woman, who local media reports have identified as Georgia, had gone missing from Thessaloniki on New Year’s Day, and her body was found days later in a remote area of Halkidiki in northern Greece. According to one of the perpetrators, the two men waited for the woman to arrive at her partner’s apartment, where they ambushed her....

Pfizer failed to inform pregnant women participating in its clinical trial for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine that the clinical trial of a similar vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was halted after a safety signal revealed a potential risk of preterm births leading to neonatal deaths. Even though Pfizer knew about the potential safety signal and was studying preterm births as an “adverse event of special interest,” it continued to enroll women in its clinical trial and did not fully inform participants of the risks the vaccine may pose to their babies—and in some cases, provided misleading and contradictory statements,...