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Why can't more American women access medications for preterm birth?

  • Written by Jodi Frances Abbott, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University
imageA premature baby's hand is held through an incubator.Ariel Schalit/AP Photo

There are two medications that prevent preterm birth, the most common cause of perinatal death in the U.S. One costs 16 cents a week, one US$285. Poor black women aren’t getting either. Why?

In 2015, for the first time in eight years, the rate of preterm birth in the...

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