#delayedcordclamlping #preterm <30 weeks 1531 babies (25% multiples) Clamping the umbilical cord at least 60 s after birth reduced the risk of death or major disability at 2 years by 17%, reflecting a 30% reduction in relative mortality with no difference in major disability.

SMFM supports the use of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets & ritonavir tablets) for treatment of pregnant patients with COVID19 who meet clinical qualifications. Any therapy that would otherwise be given should not be withheld specifically due to pregnancy or lactation

Reproductive health decisions should be made between a patient and their doctor. Full stop.

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"Racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes are exacerbated by restrictions to reproductive rights," said SMFM Board member Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman for USA TODAY. #MFMsforAbortionRights Cynthia Gyamfi, MD, MS Nada Hassanein usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

It should tell you something when the people whose job it is to make babies are telling you how important access to safe and legal abortion is.

Exactly. As a person whose life’s passion it is to provide care for newly born babies AND a person who absolutely ✨loves✨ babies with reckless abandon…I ONE-HUNDRED percent believe that ALL pregnant persons should have access to safe and legal abortion. #AbortionIsHealthcare

Reflecting on how abortion bans may worsen maternal mortality. I’m a high-risk OB who performs D&Es for fetal demise. I’m able to offer this safe procedure during women’s most vulnerable times bc I was trained by physicians who provide abortion care. Read this SMFM statement.

📢📢📢#MFMtwitter: we need you to SPEAK UP for access to abortion care. Write to your Senators now in support of the Women's Health Protection Act (details in the thread below). To make it easier, use our pre-written letter: votervoice.net/SMFM/campaigns…

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On the cover, our Editorial: Why Roe v. Wade must be defended hubs.li/Q01b9FLr0

I’m a gun owner. Do not tell me our Founders conceived of this carnage when they wrote the Constitution. Do not tell me they would have tolerated this madness. Do not tell me that teachers must be armed. And do not tell me your AR15 is worth more than another 14 children’s lives.

this is only one of many examples of the ways people die when we prevent access to safe and legal abortion

We joined our ACOG colleagues to urge the Montana Secretary of State to correct misinformation shared with Montana voters about what #LR131 would mean for families experiencing tragic pregnancy complications. 1/2