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Planned Parenthood’s New Orleans Health Center reopened last week (Oct. 14), but some patients will notice differences in how they access care compared to before the clinic closed a year ago. The center is under new management, Planned Parenthood Great Plains. As a new healthcare provider in Louisiana, the affiliate is still securing contracts with most private insurance providers and Medicaid plans. (Parker, 10/22)

For the fifth year in a row, the Bywater bar BJ’s Lounge is gathering musicians for a show to raise money for the Louisiana Abortion Fund (LAAF), a nonprofit organization that connects people with lawful abortion care in other states. BJ’s started the annual benefit show in 2022 — just nine days after federal abortion protections were overturned in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, triggering a Louisiana state law that banned abortions in nearly all cases. (Perdomo, 10/22)

To help prevent more pregnant women from dying, the Pritzker administration promised that private insurers would cover the cost of doulas to support families. But in many cases, they’re turned away or forced to pay thousands out of pocket. (Schorsch, 10/22)

California tends to lead the way on employment regulations across the country, often having more extensive laws than other states. “As the workplace continues to change, our state’s civil rights protections have to keep pace,” California Civil Rights Department Director Kevin Kish said in a statement. “Pregnant workers and new parents have the right to take time off and ask for changes at work to help them stay on the job. These proposed updates will help ensure that California law not only meets but exceeds protections at the federal level.” (Christ, 10/21)

Lawmakers are calling for the immediate release of 24-year-old Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, who said she is five months pregnant and having potentially dangerous complications while detained in Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center. (Kutz and Luthra, 10/22)

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may improve subjective experiences with menopausal brain fog, but more research is needed, a scoping review suggested. (Robertson, 10/22)

Donating a kidney was associated with a higher risk of gestational hypertensive disorders during subsequent pregnancy, though complications were rare overall, according to a Canadian matched cohort study. Among women with singleton pregnancies of at least 20 weeks' gestation, 11.9% of kidney donors experienced the primary composite outcome -- hospitalization with a diagnosis of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or eclampsia -- compared with 8.3% of matched nondonors. (Monaco, 10/22)