Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus's vital signs while ...

On Wednesday, the Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee voted to advance Senate Bill 717, also called the ‘Mothers and Preborns ...

For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilized egg implants somewhere ...

The NIH said that it will stop funding all research that uses human fetal tissue, ending support for studies both inside and outside the agency.

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Doctors at Sheikh Zayed Hospital have successfully performed an extremely rare and complex surgery on a five-year-old boy, removing an undeveloped fetus from his chest in a case that ...

The first known pregnant mummy revealed a fetus preserved inside the womb for over 2,000 years. New research explains how chemical processes during mummification dissolved the fetal bones and why ...

On the outside, you’ll watch your little one grow from newborn to older infant to toddler, preschooler, kindergartener, and so on. It might feel like it goes by in the blink of an eye. But a little ...

Fetal abnormalities appear to be genetic rather than caused by embolism. Jan. 24, 2014— -- Lawyers representing a pregnant Texas woman on life support against her family’s wishes said that the ...

A woman whose fetus developed a rare, almost always fatal condition has been thrust into the national spotlight after she said she was denied an abortion in Louisiana. Her ordeal comes as the fight ...

When a pregnant North Texas woman was pulled over for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane, she protested. "I just felt that there were two of us in [the car] and I was wrongly getting ...