Women's Health

Postpartum mental health issues affect one in five mothers. And they affect nearly half of all Latina mothers living in the United States. But a program based at the University of Colorado has helped hundreds of new mothers dealing with postpartum depression by matching them with other moms who have experienced similar issues.

A Boulder doctor who specialized in performing abortions late in pregnancy announced recently he was retiring. Now, Dr. Warren Hern is talking about why he closed his clinic more than 50 years after he founded it -- and the state of abortion access in the U.S.

Pregnant people on Medicaid now have coverage for doula services. Evidence shows that increased doula care improves maternal and infant health. On today’s In the NoCo hear why Medicaid recipients stand to gain the most from having access to doulas.

Colorado's rising maternal death rate is especially pronounced for Coloradans of color. A potential antidote comes in the form of doulas of color, like Jannah Farooque. She joins In The NoCo to discuss her work.

The rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. is much higher in comparison to other industrialized nations. Today on In The NoCo, we look at how two Colorado organizations are addressing the problem - one that hits people of color the hardest.

A package of three new Democrat-sponsored bills would shield out-of-state patients seeking reproductive healthcare or gender-affirming care, regulate crisis pregnancy centers, and require insurers to cover abortions.

As the battle for reproductive rights deepens in post-Roe America, a law professor points out, “Colorado is going to be so important in the near future, immediate future, right now."

When Julie Burkhart learned about the Supreme Court draft opinion that would end abortion protections, she let out an involuntary shriek from her airplane seat. “Because it felt like such a gut punch,” Burkhart said. “And then after that, getting into the opinion and reading that — it was chilling.”

The pandemic has caused huge revenue shortfalls in state budgets across the Mountain West and the country, renewing heated debates over taxes. That's true in Wyoming, too, though one tax issue before lawmakers is "still something that, you know, gets whispered about."

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled on the legality of the Title X Family Planning Program. In 2019, Colorado and about two dozen other…