Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) says the GOP is moving toward a “national abortion ban behind the scenes” and hopes a staged ...

A new study suggests that pregnant women are more likely to claim their fetus resembles the father, even during early ...

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jamie Barton is dead set against people getting help affording daycare for their children.

Researchers have provided more evidence that mpox virus can be passed from a pregnant mother to her child. There remain ...

A pregnant brain-dead woman in Georgia was kept on life support until her fetus was viable. Experts say it raises ethical and ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are a class of man-made compounds used in nonstick and waterproof products. They are ...

Fetal personhood’ law explained as brain dead pregnant woman, Adriana Smith, her 1lb baby delivered by doctors after being ...

Two local politicians have introduced the “Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act,” which would legally recognize a fetus as a ...

A new study in Nature shows that when pregnant mice don’t have enough iron, their (usually male) fetuses with a Y sex ...

The law shouldn’t force pregnant people to assume greater duties to their fetuses than parents have to their children.

Researchers in Poland have made a unique discovery: the remains of the first embalmed pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the “Mysterious Lady.” Dating from the 1st century BCE, this mummy was ...