The event started as a way to prevent infant deaths from unsafe sleeping practices. Now parents take newborn portraits, ask pediatricians questions and find fatherhood resources.
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She traveled out of Oklahoma for an abortion. Now, she’s suing to change the law.
Magon Hoffman was pregnant with her second child when doctors told her the fetus might not survive. She’s challenging Oklahoma’s near-total abortion ban that kept her from having an abortion in-state.
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‘Nobody should be alone’: Doula brings holistic birthing wellness center to north Tulsa
Rose Hurd remembers feeling alone and uninformed when she gave birth at age 16. That moment would eventually lead her to open With Love Births.
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Criminalizing pregnant women is hurting Oklahoma’s mothers and babies
Metriarch published a report on improving health outcomes for pregnant women in Oklahoma with substance use disorders.
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Oklahoma reduces severe birthing complications, lags behind nationally in maternal, infant deaths
Oklahoma mothers are experiencing fewer unexpected complications during their hospitalization for delivery, despite still having higher rates than the national average.
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New health center headed to east Tulsa will serve 3K more families
Community Health Connection will break ground on the new maternal and child health center, with plans to open in spring 2027.