{"id":78159,"date":"2026-03-12T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/?p=78159"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:44:26","slug":"forbes-professor-luz-lopez-shares-expertise-on-care-for-pregnant-women-in-ice-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/forbes-professor-luz-lopez-shares-expertise-on-care-for-pregnant-women-in-ice-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes: Professor Luz L\u00f3pez Shares Expertise on Care for Pregnant Women in ICE Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent\u00a0Forbes\u00a0article examining how immigration enforcement may be affecting maternal health,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/profile\/luz-marilis-lopez-lcsw\/\">Luz Marilis L\u00f3pez<\/a>, a clinical professor at the Boston University School of Social Work, highlighted concerns about the treatment and health risks facing pregnant immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0new BabyCenter poll of more than 500 pregnant women found\u00a0that\u00a01 in 5 say recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity has deterred them from seeking prenatal care. Health experts warn that missing prenatal visits can allow serious complications\u00a0such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, infections, and blood clots\u00a0to go undetected.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez emphasized that the risks extend beyond delayed care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sanitary conditions at the ICE detention centers and the lack of medical care for pregnant women are also of serious concern,\u201d L\u00f3pez told\u00a0Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>The article also highlights reports that some pregnant immigrants have been detained or separated from their infants, which can disrupt breastfeeding and create health and emotional risks for both mother and child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/christinecarter\/2026\/03\/06\/1-in-5-pregnant-women-say-ice-activity-has-kept-them-from-prenatal-care\/\" class=\"button\">Read the full article in\u00a0Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/profile\/luz-marilis-lopez-lcsw\/\" class=\"cta-button\">Learn more about Luz Marilis L\u00f3pez&#8217;s work<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luz Marilis L\u00f3pez highlights growing concerns about the health and safety of pregnant immigrants, pointing to inadequate medical care, poor conditions in detention centers, and the risks of maternal\u2013infant separation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25622,"featured_media":78160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7513,7440,4057],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78159"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81415,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78159\/revisions\/81415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}