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Task Force May Open Barriers To Testing Drugs For Pregnant Women

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Women who need medication when they're pregnant have little information about whether or not the drugs are harmful to them or their fetuses. Now, a task force is examining why women have a difficult time getting answers on medication use during pregnancy, and what can be done about it.

STAT reporter Megan Thielking (@meggophone) tells Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti about the latest.

This segment aired on December 6, 2017.

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