Black women living in states with abortion bans were more likely to have preterm babies, compared with what would be expected ...

A new Utah report says as many as 44% of women giving birth have a traumatic experience that may stay with them for a long ...

Researchers reviewed evidence linking the vaginal microbiome to pregnancy health and spontaneous preterm birth, highlighting ...

Doulas provide emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period.

Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

Abortion is a procedure to terminate a pregnancy. Birth control and emergency contraception do not end a pregnancy — they prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. Birth control pills and ...

Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain—the ...

A teratogen is an environmental factor that a person is exposed to during their pregnancy that may affect the baby’s development, resulting in birth defects. In fact, around 4% to 5% of birth defects ...