A group of midwives who focus on traditional Native Hawaiian birth practices are trying to block a Hawaii law that requires midwives to obtain licenses.

The war against abortion rights, sex ed and more may unravel decades of progress

A Texas judge says the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without the risk of doctors facing criminal charges.

The Trump-appointed judge who ruled on Friday night to invalidate the FDA’s approval (23 years ago) of the highly safe, effective abortion pill mifepristone wants you to know he had “inclusivity” in mind when writing his decision.

When we hear about things like becoming a parent, we have a set age in our mind, and we think that someone can be a parent only in that particular age group. But, this has been defied in the Guntur town of Andhra Pradesh in India. A lady named Erramatti Mangamma gave birth to twin baby girls at 74.

Maternity health care in the United States is in a dire place, as outlined by a string of recent studies and reports.

University of Queensland researchers have found enjoying a daily latte or long black causes no increased risk to pregnancy.

A couple who lost their baby say staff had no idea what to do for them when they arrived at A&E.

Calendar year three into the pandemic, and vaccination coverage among pregnant people remains staggeringly low. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of January 1, just over 40 percent of pregnant people in the United States between age 18 and 49 were fully vaccinated prior to pregnancy or during their pregnancy, compared with 66 percent of the general population over the age of 5. For Black pregnant people, the figure plummets to about 25 percent. Data for the United Kingdom is a little less up to date, but in August 2021 just 22 percent of women who gave birth were fully vaccinated.

Researchers are challenging widely accepted recommendations that advise mothers to wait at least two years after giving birth to become pregnant again. While these recommendations are designed to reduce the risk of complications like preterm birth and small birth weight, a new study finds that this wait time may not be necessary for all.

For the first time, researchers have found a way to predict when a pregnant woman will go into labor by analyzing immune and other biological signals in a blood sample, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

A study of more than 2,100 pregnant women across 18 countries worldwide has revealed that COVID-19 is associated with a higher risk of severe maternal and newborn complications than previously recognised.

The professor of environmental medicine explains how chemicals in plastics are causing our fertility to decline – and what we can do about it. Shanna Swan is a professor of environmental medicine and public health at Mount Sinai school of medicine in New York City, studying fertility trends. In 2017 she documented how average sperm counts among western men have more than halved in the past 40 years. Count Down is her new book.

New Zealand's parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow mothers and their partners three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. While employers in the country were already required to provide paid leave in the event of stillbirth, there was some confusion surrounding the qualifications. The groundbreaking new bill removes any ambiguity, extending benefits to anyone who loses a pregnancy at any point.

The 35-year-old Israeli actress posed with her hands on her stomach in between her husband Yaron Varsano and their two daughters in a picture posted on Monday. "Here we go again," the caption accompanying the post on Instagram read. Gadot's representatives also confirmed the news to CNN. Her pregnancy announcement came just hours after she presented the award for Best Foreign Language Picture at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards -- an event that was largely held virtually this year due to the pandemic.

A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades: We’ve become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely. What’s causing this mysterious drop in sperm counts—and is there any way to reverse it before it’s too late?

Are powerful vested interests behind Liberal MP Richard Colbeck's delay in adopting stronger health warnings for pregnant women. “HEALTH WARNING: Alcohol can cause lifelong harm to your baby.”

Cannabis is the most frequently used illicit drug in Australia, probably because of its increasing social and medical acceptance, as well as the recent legalisation of cannabis use in many parts of the world.

Risks for autism and depression are higher if one’s mother was in hospital with an infection during pregnancy. This is shown by a major Swedish observational study of nearly 1.8 million children.

The peculiarities of pregnancy in art, from corsets to belly pads and hidden bumps.