A Guatemalan woman who gave birth in Arizona shortly after crossing the border puts a human face on the topic of automatic citizenship for her baby.

Georgia's "heartbeat law" ​is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states ...

The case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support for three months has given ...

Nationally, federal data shows that about 20% of pregnancies end in a loss, but only a small number are investigated as crimes.

Pregnancy is often a unique experience, marked by anticipation and mental representations of what will happen after a baby's ...

Being diagnosed with genital herpes as a teenager sent Jasmyn Gaggiano spiralling into depression. Since sharing her story, ...

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is ...

Two babies born to immigrant mothers at the same time in the same American hospital. One is a U.S. citizen. The other isn’t.

The couple excitedly announces to ESSENCE that they are having their first child together and couldn’t be happier.

Dear Prudence, The toilet in our guest bathroom recently leaked all over the floor. It turned out the cause was a ...

The termination arrives as politicians have become increasingly concerned with falling fertility rates in the United States.