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Maternal Health

Consent, Dignity, and Maternal Health

This op-ed by PRH Fellow Stacy Sun, originally published in the Buffalo Sun, examines how the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act would require informed consent for drug testing in pregnancy, strengthen provider-patient trust, and help ensure m...

March, 2026
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Amicus Brief Urging Non-Punitive Interpretation of Maryland’s Safe Haven Law

PRH filed an amicus brief opposing civil neglect penalties for parents who lawfully use Maryland’s Safe Haven Law.

January, 2026
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PRH Files Amicus Brief to Maryland Supreme Court

On January 12, Physicians for Reproductive Health, Doing Right By Birth , and several physicians who practice in Maryland, including Dr. Carolyn Sufrin, filed an amicus brief  to the Supreme Court of Maryland explaining the grave health consequences...

January, 2026
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Sign-On Letter: Supports Not Separation 

Healthcare providers dedicate our lives to the wellbeing of families and communities. We have deep concerns about policies that mandate separating newborns from their parents at birth.

December, 2025
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President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt Honored with the Society of Family Planning’s Beacon of Science Award

PRH President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt is honored with the Society of Family Planning’s Beacon of Science Award for her visionary leadership. In her remarks, Dr. Perritt emphasizes the impact of fighting for equity in science and reflects on the powe...

November, 2025
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Decriminalizing Medicine: Ending Punitive Practices in Health Care

In this article, PRH fellow Dr. Meera and PRH community members Megan and MaryBeth examine how punitive health care practices deepen harm and argue that abolitionist, harm-reduction care creates a future grounded in dignity and liberation.

November, 2025
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Restoring the Promise of Maryland’s Safe Haven Law

This amicus brief filed by PRH and Doing Right By Birth (DRBB) urges the Maryland Supreme Court to review lower court decisions that punish postpartum parents who safely surrender their newborns under the state’s Safe Haven Law. We argue these ruling...

October, 2025
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Courts Won’t Save Us: Catch Up on SCOTUS Before the New Term

It’s been a hot, hostile summer, and the Supreme Court only turned up the heat by attacking our rights and freedoms. As a new term begins, we know one thing for sure: the courts won’t save us, but our communities will.

October, 2025
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Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn

PRH Fellow Mariana Montes – "What they really want is they think if the mother suffers, the pregnancy will be the most healthy, and that is not true."

September, 2025
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Trump Admin Releases Tylenol Misinformation

The Trump Administration announced disinformation about Tylenol use in pregnancy. Dr. Mariana Montes, both a former pediatrician and now obstetric anesthesiologist in Illinois and Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health responds.

September, 2025
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