Climate Change and Pregnancy: The Maternal Health Crisis We Keep Underestimating

How rising heat, toxic air, and unstable environments reshape pregnancy risks and demand a new clinical responsibility.

The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gyecology (AJOG) article “Accelerating Climate Action to Promote Reproductive Health” reviews extensive evidence that climate change affects every dimension of reproductive health: fertility, pregnancy outcomes, fetal development, infectious disease risks, and gynecologic cancer. It emphasizes that pregnant women and…