A few Reproductive and/or Maternal Health Legal Highlights: On April 26, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services published in the Federal Register the Final Rule (Rule) regarding reproductive health privacy rights. The Rule is entitled “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy;1 the effective … Continued

“Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Convention of the Medical Committee on Human Rights, Chicago 1966 In its 2020 Call to Action, the American Heart Association declared that structural racism has been and remains a fundamental cause of … Continued

Introduction Despite great advancements in modern medicine, including obstetrics and gynecology, in the United States, the maternal mortality rates remain surprisingly high. The World Health Organization defines a pregnancy-related death as: “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days [(about 1.5 months)] of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death … Continued