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Tonight, we’ve got deadly new stats on pregnancy post-abortion bans, a (legit) TikTok tip on nurse staffing during labor and delivery, and a thriller centered on a “beauty virus” that eventually kills. As always, scroll to see each story.
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PREGNANCY GETS DEADLIER // JAMA researchers found that childbirth in the U.S. was 44 to nearly 70 times deadlier than abortion from 2018 to 2021, tripling previous estimates. The finding shows how dangerous it is to force people to stay pregnant, especially when they already have health risks.
NURSE STAFFING GOES VIRAL // This is a nice case of a TikTok influencer spreading research in an area of expertise: Today reports that labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton, who has 4.5 million followers on TikTok, had a video go viral advising expectant parents to ask hospitals if they follow safe staffing standards. Her message? If a nurse has more than two laboring patients at once, that’s a red flag.
HOUSE OF WOMEN HAS IT ALL // The New York Times has an inspiring profile of French doctor Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, an OBGYN who saw that her patients needed more than immediate medical care, especially victims of violence. So, she opened the House of Women, a one-stop center outside of Paris that has medical, legal, and social services under one roof. Several more have opened throughout France, and more are planned.
VOTING ON ABORTION (AGAIN) // State Court Report has a good round-up of all the abortion votes that will be coming at the state level in 2026. On one hand are states like Nevada, Virginia, and Idaho, which will have measures to further protect or exapnd access to abortions. On the other, of course, are states like Missouri, which will vote on undoing a 2024 amendment that protected abortion access.
WHEN BEAUTY KILLS (IN FICTION) // Ryan Murphy is out with a new thriller that’s all about beauty and the lengths humanity will go to get it. In this case, there’s a bizarre “sexy virus” that immediately turns a person into a specimen of physical perfection. The problem, of course, is that that the virus eventually makes you die a few years later. Do you still want it?