Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abortion policy in the U.S. often focuses on fetal viability and fails to address the concerns of actual pregnant people. John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kate Dineen was about 33 weeks pregnant with her second child when an ultrasound revealed that her baby had suffered a ...

Even in our politically polarized time, abortion stands out as an issue uniquely defined by extremes. This polarization suggests the status quo affirmed by Casey is itself a compromise position, since ...

WASHINGTON — Has the U.S. Supreme Court’s “viability” standard regulating the limits states can place on abortion become legally unviable? That’s the core legal question that’s now in play with the ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed to hear arguments over Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, they focused on a single question ...

An ultrasound machine sits in a room where at Whole Womans Health of South Bend on Oct. 29, 2021. The fall of Roe v. Wade on June 24 marked the start of a strange era to be a Maternal-Fetal Medicine ...

In 1980, doctors could save babies born at over 28 weeks gestation; now it’s 22 weeks. This is crucial since 10% of women in the U.S. (6.1 million) have difficulty getting or staying pregnant. A ...

OMAHA, Nebraska — At a farmers’ market in midtown Omaha, abortion politics are playing out near the produce stands, flower vendors and a brass band. Petitioners for two opposing ballot measures have ...

Fetal viability was considered to be around 28 weeks when Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. How is medical technology changing the question of... The question of fetal viability and how it's changing ...

During the 2024 presidential campaign, politicians and their surrogates repeatedly raised concerns about abortion later in pregnancy. The topic grabbed media attention and continues to inspire strong ...