Women's Health

Despite St. John’s Health and the Teton County Health Department ending their collaboration on the clinic, it carries on as a community resource.

There’s been an especially steep drop in fertility rates in western states, including Wyoming, which has also seen a big jump in the cost of housing.

This comes as the number of rural hospitals and OB/GYNs delivering babies is dwindling.

Legislators heard from experts and members of the public about topics including rural emergency services and maternal healthcare.

A new study from Climate Central shows that Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have had more than 20 extra high heat-risk days on average, and pregnant mothers without access to cooling could be more at risk.

With the future of abortion rights in Wyoming in limbo, two residents share how their pregnancies led them to opposite sides on the issue.

Earthside Birth and Wellness Center in Cheyenne received a certification from the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers.

The Evanston-based Maternal Health Connections launched this month and provides prenatal and postpartum care to the community.

As the Wyoming Supreme Court considers whether the state’s abortion bans are constitutional, data show women who are denied abortions and carry their pregnancy to term have worse financial and physical well being than women who got abortions.

Idaho's abortion bans permit doctors to perform abortions to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, but not to preserve her health. This lawsuit is aiming to change that by expanding the medical circumstances in which abortions are allowed.