Trends in Elective Deliveries in California and New Jersey.

Introduction: Cesarean section deliveries in the U.S. increased from 5% of births in 1970 to 32% in 2020.

Racialized police use of force and birth outcomes.

Objective: To estimate associations between police use of force (PUOF) in local jurisdictions and birth outcomes of Black women compared to White women.

Methods: Using birth records linked to municipal police department data on PUOF incidents, we estimated associations between overall and racialized PUOF and birth outcomes of 75,461 Black women and 278,372 White women across 430 municipalities in New Jersey (2012-2016).

Results: Overall PUOF was not associated with birth outcomes of Black or White women.

Elective Deliveries and the Risk of Autism.

Introduction: Cesarean section and induced deliveries have increased substantially in the U.S., coinciding with increases in autism spectrum disorder.