Laws such as Alabama’s controversial ruling that gives personhood rights to frozen embryos will have ripple effects on how advance directives are interpreted by doctors and the courts.

New research finds signs of accelerated aging in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. But they also found a surprising turn around later on.

A potential shift in what we know about the origins of birth defects could shed light on new targets for detection and prevention.

Fortifying table salt with folic acid could help prevent serious birth defects like spina bifida and anencephaly, researchers report.

I’m a scholar, not an activist or an advocate. But now one of the most intimate, personal events of our lives had been turned into a political event by the state’s highest court.

When a baby is stillborn, parents, friends, and family may think that talking about it will be too painful. But it can actually help healing.

Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.

Laws that allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses boost the overall health and well-being of immigrant moms and their babies.

Measuring cortisol in a snippet of hair can reveal a pregnant person's stress level and may one day help warn of unexpected birth problems.

"...these chemicals may be silently seeding lasting challenges for the health of the next generation."