maternal
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Clancy's televised five-week trial, which featured more than 80 witnesses and days of distressing testimony, has sparked debate in the United States over maternal mental health.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Flash forward another decade and it remains to be seen whether maternal mental healthcare — including the central question of how American society deals with mothers in extremis — has evolved.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Black maternal health has too often been treated as a niche concern, something discussed among public health professionals and then set aside.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy are drawing heightened attention to maternal mental illnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The senior Stokeses had long before left the Washington area, abandoning Agnes to a maternal grandmother, seventy-five-years-old, by the name of Gertrude Berkheimer.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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