Maternal health and prenatal care continue being areas of concern in US healthcare. We have done a lot to shine a spotlight on the issues, but we’re nowhere close to declaring “problem solved.”

Regrettably, Roe v. Wade ruling is going to make things worse for many women, teens, and even adolescent girls. How women manage their reproductive plans is a highly personal decision, and in many cases it isn’t much of a decision to begin with, particularly when you realize that there are women with valid medical reasons that prevent them from having safe pregnancies in the first place.