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State data shows more than 40,000 pregnant Texans waited more than a month for the state to process their Medicaid applications — with more than half waiting more than 60 days. An advocacy group said delays in applications getting processed can combine with issues getting appointments and can lead to delayed prenatal care.

Darisbell Paola Quintero Morillo has been detained at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado for the last three weeks. She found out she was pregnant during a medical exam while in custody and said she isn't receiving adequate care in detention.

A North Texas dental expert explains the importance of good oral health during pregnancy, and how it can matter during the life of the child.

Dallas Regional Medical Center confirms the staff member in the viral TikTok of a Black woman in labor is no longer employed, but doesn't specify how she left.

Dallas County has received more federal support to address racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. Dallas County Health and Human Services will have more than $300,000 in additional funding for its Healthy Start program.

Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on the exception.

“Now that we have this coverage, what do we do to make sure women can get it?,” one health advocate said.

Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.

A new national study ranks Texas among the lowest-performing states for women’s health outcomes. Only Mississippi ranked worse.

More than half of people who've used telehealth come from states like Texas that have banned or severely limited access to abortion.

The Texas Supreme Court says Grissel Velasco can't recover damages the birth of a healthy child. She alleged the pregnancy was caused by her doctor's negligence.

The First Unitarian Church of Dallas is starting The Truth Pregnancy Resource Center to counter anti-abortion messages from crisis pregnancy centers.