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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are very few moments in American law when the state can override your will and order an invasive medical procedure. We ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...

There are very few moments in American law when the state can override your will and order an invasive medical procedure. We reserve that authority for extreme situations: incapacity, severe mental ...