CNN (11/10, Christensen) reports that in the US, “homicide is the No. 1 way pregnant women die, research has showed, but a new study finds that they are even more vulnerable than other women of childbearing age when there’s a gun involved.” The research “looked at more than 7,000 homicides of women of childbearing age between 2018 and 2021.” Investigators found that pregnant women “have a 37% higher firearm homicide rate than women who weren’t pregnant, and more than two-thirds of pregnancy-associated homicides involved firearms.” The study also “showed that every 1% increase in state-level firearm ownership was associated with a 6% increase in all-cause homicide and an 8% increase in the firearm-specific homicide rate in pregnant women, even after adjusting for other factors.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Women face a much higher risk of homicide, especially from guns, during pregnancy,”Jen Christensen, CNN, November 10, 2025