News Article
Pregnancy and Motherhood in Women with Disabilities: Information and Opportunities for Local Health Departments
Posted on March 20, 2019
Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy. Pregnancy rates among women with disabilities have grown in recent years and are similar to pregnancy rates of women without disabilities in the same age and income groups.[1,2] Despite these statistics, women with disabilities remain at heightened risk […]