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Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the pregnancy divorce bill into law Tuesday as well as vast criminal justice and anti-sex trafficking legislation.

In September, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there was a link between tylenol and autism. But as KBIA’s Addison Zanger reports, this is not the only instance of misinformation that pregnant people are contending with.

The Pettis County Health Center has just officially become a milk depot – which means they are now a drop off site for those wishing to donate human breast milk to help medically fragile and premature infants.

Mental health was the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum Missourians in the state’s latest maternal mortality review.

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, approximately 80% of lost pregnancies occur within the first trimester. But a new study in mice has found that inflammation and hormone levels may play a role.

The two House bills were sponsored by a Democrat and a Republican.

The study is led by MU researchers who noticed a rise in heart disease among pregnant Americans.

For every 100,000 births in Missouri between 2017 and 2021, more than 32 people died because of pregnancy-related complications — an average of 70 deaths annually.

Experts raise awareness for the mental health of mothers and parents.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Iowa found that stigma can play a part the health behaviors of mothers who use opioids.