An Illinois congresswoman is proposing new legislation to address systemic issues around maternal healthcare, racial disparities and hospital accountability after one of her constituents was ...

An Indiana hospital is under fire for turning away a Black woman in active labor who gave birth minutes later inside her car. Social media is on fire in response to a video showing a Black woman in ...

Texas state leaders are demanding answers after a viral video appeared to show a Black woman in labor left waiting for care at Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite. State Rep. Rhetta Bowers and ...

A viral video showing a Texas nurse’s nonchalant attitude toward a pregnant patient in intense labor has set off intense conversation online about how hospitals treat Black maternal health. Originally ...

A doctor and nurse who discharged a pregnant woman in active labor from an Indiana hospital just minutes before she said she gave birth in a vehicle on the side of the road have been fired following ...

*Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing hospitals from discharging women during active labor, particularly addressing the disproportionate risks Black women face in ...

A new bill is working to prevent women in active labor from being turned away from hospitals. After the now-viral birthing experience of Mercedes Wells in Indiana, a Congresswoman has introduced ...

Audio from a frantic father-to-be's 911 call sheds new light on the panic and confusion after a woman in labor was turned away from an Indiana hospital, ultimately giving birth in a car almost ...