Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being. It's a move that doctors ...

For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilized egg implants somewhere ...

Northwestern researchers created a new hair-thin device that measures the vital signs of fetuses in a collaborative effort ...

On the outside, you’ll watch your little one grow from newborn to older infant to toddler, preschooler, kindergartener, and so on. It might feel like it goes by in the blink of an eye. But a little ...

Fetal abnormalities appear to be genetic rather than caused by embolism. Jan. 24, 2014— -- Lawyers representing a pregnant Texas woman on life support against her family’s wishes said that the ...

When a pregnant North Texas woman was pulled over for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane, she protested. "I just felt that there were two of us in [the car] and I was wrongly getting ...

In rare cases, a woman’s heart can start to fail in the months before or after giving birth. The all-important muscle weakens as its chambers enlarge, reducing the amount of blood pumped with each ...

Missouri Department of Transportation employee Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when she was struck and killed by a driver in 2021 while doing road work. The 25-year-old’s fetus also died in ...