Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News ...

Let’s back up a moment. Depo-Provera is an injectable form of birth control. It contains the hormone depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), which protects against pregnancy for 13 weeks, according ...

Mercedes Wells begged nurses to listen. She was in active labor and in severe pain. However, instead of being treated, she was dismissed.

A pregnant woman turned to Reddit after her family repeatedly pressured her to attend her sister’s overseas wedding despite ...

When pregnant women drink water that comes from wells downstream of sites contaminated with PFAS, known as “forever chemicals ...

Many undocumented women in Missouri are facing labor or postpartum in isolation, the fear of deportation keeping them housebound.

A pregnant woman gave birth in the back of a truck as rescuers rushed her to a hospital during severe floods in southern Thailand. The mother-to-be and two other heavily pregnant women were saved from ...

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NATIONAL — A yearlong joint investigation by NBC News and Bloomberg Law has uncovered a pattern of pregnant women in jails across the United States miscarrying, giving birth alone on filthy cell ...

A doctor and nurse who allegedly turned away a woman while she was actively in labor at an Indiana hospital are no longer employed. Hospital officials at Franciscan Health Crown Point announced the ...

A doctor and nurse who discharged a pregnant woman in active labor from an Indiana hospital just minutes before she said she gave birth in a vehicle on the side of the road have been fired following ...