The new lawsuit, alleging Maine Correctional Center officers stayed in a pregnant woman's hospital room while she gave birth, is similar to a case against the Cumberland County Jail that was recently ...

Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles ...

"It's very easy... to feel like you're suddenly this patient, like you're this compliance-requiring object... That's not what ...

Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he would treat these patients during pregnancy, deliver their ...

Childbirth is often described as one of life's most profound experiences, but for many , it can be fraught with anxiety, pain and trauma.Authors ...

Autistic women report feeling unheard, misunderstood and even unsafe during pregnancy and childbirth, according to new ...

The closure comes as SC women have seen reproductive healthcare take center stage on the campaign trail, in Congress and on ...

A Tampa mother ended up back in the hospital weeks after giving birth to her first son. Doctors diagnosed her with placenta accreta, a rare condition.

This Morning's Dr Zoe reflects candidly on being "terrified of everything" following the birth of her son in 2021.

Advocacy groups such as Alabama Arise and the Alabama Prison Birth Project report that the number of pregnant women in jail or prison has risen dramatically in the state.

Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant women to ...

About a third of state lawmakers are women, garnering 49 out of 140 seats. And of those female legislators, about two dozen ...