The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been ...

Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced a new bill this week to improve maternal health after the video of Mercedes Wells ...

As women who have gone through childbirth know, labor contractions and the birth process are typically painful. But women have been giving birth for centuries without pain medication. There are ...

Videos of a pregnant Indiana woman in visible pain after being turned away from the hospital have gone viral online, ...

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Wells was hospitalized with post-birth issues. Her brother-in-law, Lance Thompson, told ...

‘The reality of childbirth and how it is portrayed are so wildly different that I can’t help but feel frustrated on behalf of my patients.’Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald A ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

The Indiana hospital that discharged Mercedes Wells while she was in active labor is taking steps to make sure other mothers ...

Access may play a role in substandard pain management during labor and childbirth, say experts. (Getty Images) Researchers used data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 1.7 ...

Indiana mother Mercedes Wells was turned away by hospital staff as she sought help while actively in labor, and the doctor ...

A Black woman was allegedly forced to deliver her baby on the side of the road after being discharged from an Indiana ...

Black pregnant Chicago mother Mercedes Wells was sent away from an Indiana Hospital after six hours of labor pain.