The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a block on a Tennessee law banning adults from giving abortion information to minors.

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Published: July 28, 2026

Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state lawmakers, government officials, reproductive health advocates, and current and f...

Hypertension during pregnancy is associated with stillbirth, heart disease among mothers and other serious complications.

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

On Tuesday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the latest in a string of shootings by ICE officers who later claimed the victim attempt...

Mr. Graham, a long-serving senator from South Carolina, was known for his ability to maintain relationships even with his political foes. But the support of Black voters remained elusive.

After a childbirth injury left her paralyzed, Danielle Stewart says affordable child care helped her recover and rebuild life with her daughter.

Are you a young woman or femme who is a rising college senior or a recent graduate? We want to hear everything you think about ambition — the good, the bad, and the weird — for an upcoming story on Ne...

Decision comes as the museum in Charleston says it faces a ‘shift in the political and funding environment’

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and a family planning organization in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Health and Human Services agency on Thursday allegi...

The United States has a shortage of the only first-line medication recommended for pregnant women with syphilis to prevent passing it to their baby, even as congenital syphilis rates have been skyrocketing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says supplies won’t return to normal until December 2027.

Internal VA guidance obtained by The Advocate raises questions about the future of specialized assistance for those who served.

Ohio lawmakers passed a bill that would require Ohio schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby.

A Senate panel Monday OK'd a bill to update NJ's midwife laws, something supporters say will boost the profession and make birth safer.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released a recommended vaccine schedule during pregnancy, one that diverges from CDC guidance.

The deposition would cover details of communications between Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office and friends and family of the lawsuit’s lead plaintiff.

Researchers, advocates and survivors of domestic abuse say it’s vital to keep telehealth access available for people in abusive relationships who need discreet abortion options — while the Louisiana s...

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine published new clinical guidance this week affirming that acetaminophen, better known by its brand Tylenol, should be the “first-line” defense against pain and f...

The median wealth gap between Black and Hispanic families and white families expanded by about $50,000 between 2019 and 2022, according to research from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The typical white fa...

The increasing costs of fuel for cars and airplanes is adding extra strain to abortion funds that help people pay to travel for care in other states, leaders of several funds said this week.

Black midwives in the South, a region rife with racial disparities in maternal health access and maternal mortality, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit their ability to pr...

The Trump admin push to reward its supporters also harkens back to an earlier era of American cronyism, experts say.

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices. So far, the parasite has yet to land in the Uni...

In the wake of one of the deadliest domestic violence incidents in Louisiana history, advocates pushed the state Legislature to provide more money for victim services.

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States, even if they ha...

A GOP push to overhaul South Carolina's congressional map ended Tuesday, as a record-setting start to early voting prompted Republican senators to abandon their support.

The change would apply to workers on temporary visas, as well as to people living here illegally but hoping for legal status through sponsorship by relatives such as spouses or children who are U.S. citizens.

Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she...

The South Carolina Senate will begin debate Thursday on a bill redrawing the state' congressional districts.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — When Vice President JD Vance pitched voters on electing Republicans to Congress this November during a trip to a Kansas City manufacturing plant on Monday, he delivered the mes...

An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in-vitro fertilization process violates the state’s wrongful-death law. The minis...

The governor signed several measures passed by lawmakers in 2026 related to reproductive healthcare into law Tuesday.

The new fund comes as a pro-abortion rights group says threats and violent attacks at clinics are on the rise.

The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday struck down the voter-approved redistricting amendment, upholding a lower court ruling that had declared the measure unconstitutional