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.

A report on maternity care by the March of Dimes said that 52% of counties in Oklahoma are classified as maternity care deserts, areas without access to birthing facilities or prenatal providers.

Alabama lawmakers are reviewing a bill that expedites Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal ...

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

An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow pregnant women sentenced to incarceration in the state to defer their ...

Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.

For the doctors and nurses at Palmetto General who have grappled with supply issues, delayed paychecks and service cuts under ...

A pregnant woman gave birth while on a subway train in Manhattan, according to officials. The 25-year-old went into labor ...

DCF began “an aggressive investigation," “even though DCF has no authority to assess or investigate a fetus or a first-time, ...