Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS to issue maternal health quality payments to hospitals

Some hospitals working to improve care to pregnant women will begin getting money from the state this fall. The Michigan...

The Metro: ACLU report calls for end to Michigan’s parental consent law for abortions

Abortion rights are the subject of a nationwide debate this week following a court decision in Arizona making the procedure...

Whitmer repeals ban on surrogacy contracts in Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates. Michigan was...

Created Equal: Maternity care deserts and the loss of health care access for women 

In too many places, it is becoming very difficult or impossible for women to get maternal health care – either...

New U-M Midwifery program aims to diversify profession, improve health equity

The University of Michigan’s School of Nursing is allocating grant money to a program aimed at diversifying the Midwife profession...

Created Equal: Flint’s Rx Kids program aims to abolish childhood poverty

A new first-of-its-kind pilot program is underway in Flint to provide guaranteed income for new mothers and babies, with the...