HEALTHBEAT: Elective deliveries on the rise, but hospitals try to limit labor induced too soon

Preventing preemies: New rules limit induced labor

HEALTHBEAT: Amid rising elective deliveries, hospitals try to curtail labor induced too soon

Preemie worry: Induced labor rules tightened

Report: Thousands of Indian women die needlessly in maternal deaths

NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of Indian women die needlessly every year during pregnancy or because of childbirth-related problems, a human rights group said Wednesday, blaming a medical system hobbled by poor planning, caste discrimination, a lack of accountability and limited access to emergency care.

Italy’s health officials allow use of abortion drug RU-486 in hospitals, drawing Vatican ire

ROME — Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribing the pill and for women who use it.

US panel: Pregnant women, kids, others should be 1st in line for limited swine flu vaccine

ATLANTA — Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday.

Pregnant women may be among first to get swine flu shots; they account for 6 pct of deaths

ATLANTA — Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall.

Hoping for Obama’s backing, coalition pushes bill seeking to reduce need for abortions

NEW YORK — Seeking elusive common ground on abortion, prominent activists and clergy on both sides of the debate are throwing their support behind a bill aimed at preventing unintended pregnancies and supporting pregnant women.

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