Women with disabilities are at significantly higher risk for adverse maternal outcomes from pregnancy through the postpartum period. Using data from 19 U.S. hospitals in the Consortium on Safe Labor, researchers found that, compared with women without disabilities, women with disabilities suffered more pregnancy complications and adverse obstetrical outcomes, including severe maternal morbidities such as postpartum hemorrhage, thromboembolism, cardiovascular events, and sepsis. Additionally, the researchers found indications of an overuse of cesarean delivery in women with disabilities who were more likely to have a cesarean delivery-often for "softer indications"-than in women without disabilities. Adverse outcomes occurred equally across all three categories of disabilities: physical, intellectual, and sensory. The researchers noted that underrecognition of the higher risks in this population and lack of clinician knowledge or confidence providing obstetrical care to women with disabilities may contribute to the adverse outcomes these women face.