Mercedes Wells’ story has become all too common when discussing Black maternal care. After a video of her being discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital while in active labor went viral, ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

Kobi Ajayi founded and remains affiliated with EDEN Foundation, Nigeria, a local non-profit organization with a mission to improve preterm infant outcomes. Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a ...

Alena Wells could have entered the world surrounded by her family and medical professionals. Instead, she was born on Nov. 16 in the front seat of a Chevrolet Silverado as her father, Leon Wells, ...

Audio from a frantic father-to-be's 911 call sheds new light on the panic and confusion after a woman in labor was turned away from an Indiana hospital, ultimately giving birth in a car almost ...

Earlier this month, Mercedes Wells was ready to give birth at Franciscan Health Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana, when staff turned her away, saying that she would have to come back later because she ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...

Most New Jerseyans know Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill is a former Navy pilot who had a nine-year military career before entering politics. But most voters likely hadn’t heard the harrowing story of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Luka Doncic could return Sunday against Philadelphia after welcoming his second child Saturday, ending a two-game ...