The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
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Here’s this week’s news:
• A New York Times article about premature births stemming from in-vitro fertilization among the affluent also stresses that efforts are being made to reduce premature births due to a lack of prenatal care for low-income women.
• According to an opinion article in USA Today, researchers found that black women are becoming happier, an improvement that has been credited to the Civil Rights Movement and the increase of wealth in the black community.
• Low-income and pregnant, April Matos in Harlem tells the New York Times that she overlooks New York City’s required restaurant calorie postings, selecting her food based on price rather than nutritional content.
• As Medicaid – the program for low-income children, pregnant women and disabled people – drives states to the fiscal brink, many governors are worried that Congress will expand the program, as reported in the Washington Post.
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