Two surgical options for late-term abortion may be reduced to one if antiabortion activists, with help from the Bush administration, get their way.

Caesarean sections are on the cutting edge of medical controversy, but polarized doctors, bureaucrats and feminists in the fray haven't agreed yet on their common enemy -- HMOs.

Every year more than 20,000 pregnancies in the U.S. result in a stillbirth, but not all of them were inevitable

Healthcare workers who protect us from COVID-19 are paying for it with their physical and mental health

An increasing number of American women are choosing C-sections. Is this trend a risky indulgence, or a sign of female empowerment?

Who benefits from frequent low-risk pregnancy appointments? Probably the clinics

While many pregnant people say their doctors do not listen to them, pregnant Black people face a higher burden

Hospitals are partnering with private equity to open "obstetrics emergency departments" — with big medical bills

Telemedicine allows doctors to be in several places at once.

Analysis shows women who deliver at hospitals disproportionately serving black mothers are at a higher risk of harm

Lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks

Even strangers in a hospital room can steal your heart

The author argues that fear of malpractice lawsuits is leading to a dangerous rise in the procedure

A private equity–owned medical staffing company employs fewer doctors in its ERs as a cost-saving initiative

The closure of a labor and delivery unit in Idaho is a harbinger of what's to come