In rural America, even in 2012, pregnant women and new moms need lots of help in the basics

Doctors are prescribing an unapproved, unpredictable ulcer drug to induce labor in thousands of women. Why are women the last to know?

The approval of RU-486 isn't about morals, it's about options.

An anti-abortion group pushes lawmakers to take the narrowest interpretation on when a doctor can legally intervene

A mother's untimely demise makes headlines -- but the reporting goes too far

The impact of unusually high in-utero stress might persist for decades in some U.S. babies born during the pandemic

Medical school taught me how to save lives, but left out the part about how I would feel when someone died.

I was devastated when I suffered a stillbirth, but I'll never question a woman's choice to terminate her pregnancy

One father's ode to his doula -- the woman who remembered everything he forgot in Lamaze class.

Even after doing it hundreds of times, it's never easy to ask someone whether they want you to let them die.

There is no federal law requiring schools to have nurses on staff and those that exist are often overwhelmed

The line from "Nas Is Like" echoes when I think about what I gained and lost in just a few days this year

This is what happens when doctors ignore patients' wishes

Patients undergoing dialysis are at risk for low blood pressure, fluid buildup or infections

1,200 nurses from Tufts Medical Center are walking out to protest pensions and safe staffing