Risk of spontaneous abortion after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination received just prior to or during pregnancy: Complete data from CDC COVID-19 vaccine pregnancy registry
Data on spontaneous abortion after COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy are limited. We used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry (C19VPR) to assess risk of spontaneous abortion (SAB) among women receiving ≥1 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine up to 30 days before last menstrual period or during pregnancy. We calculated risk of SAB from 6 to 20 weeks' gestation using a fetuses-at-risk approach (n = 12,097). Pregnancies entered the risk pool at gestational age at vaccination. Risk of SAB in C19VPR was compared with pre-pandemic estimates. Cox proportional hazard models were used to compare risk by vaccine manufacturer. Cumulative risk of SAB was 10.79% (95%CI 10.01, 11.56). Risk of SAB among Moderna recipients was similar to Pfizer-BioNTech (adjusted hazard ratio 0.92; 95%CI 0.79, 1.07). Risk estimates of SAB were below or within pre-pandemic estimates. Generalizability may be limited due to homogeneity of the C19VPR cohort.
Authors
- Ansley Waters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-4075)
- Sabrina A. Madni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-5019)
- Andrea J. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-0011)
- Lauren Head Zauche
- Christine K. Olson
- Aliza Machefsky
- Reji Padathara-Mathew
- Victoria Okereke
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128340
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00