New research issued by The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto has detailed the "catastrophic outcomes" that occur when ectopic pregnancies are misdiagnosed and then "treated" with chemical abortions – something the authors say amounts to a "serious public health issue."
Health service managers recently proposed that a waiting list for services for pregnant women and newborn infants should be implemented. The Irish Times reported that among the national services targeted for cuts were the maternity and infant scheme, which provides for care by GPs and ...
Lisa Peterson Bender, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was 11 weeks' pregnant with her first child when she discovered a lump in her breast. She was then diagnosed with Stage Two breast cancer, which left her and her husband with a major dilemma: treat the young mother, or protect the unborn baby. ...
Tracy Godwin is calling for an inquest into her baby's death, saying that the hospital left her premature baby, born at 22 weeks, to die in her arms.
A recent report released by Iranian scientists claims that women who have had an abortion face a 193% increased risk of breast cancer, whereas women who carry a pregnancy to term have a lowered breast cancer risk compared with women who have never been pregnant.
The number of 11 and 12-year-old girls prescribed the pill by a family doctor has soared five-fold in the past decade, according to figures.
The Florida House and Senate have both passed legislation that would require women, with a few exceptions, to have an ultrasound before they have an abortion. The bill now goes to the governor, who can sign it, veto it or let it become law without his signature.
The Daily Telegraph reports that a new study suggests that having children can raise a woman's self-esteem. Being needed by young children can increase their feelings of self-worth, researchers believe. They found that having children can cut the chances that a woman will commit suicide.
A new study has found that providing the morning-after pill in advance does nothing to cut teenage pregnancy rates. It found that while the use of emergency contraception doubled in just six years, the latest data shows it has failed to slash rates of conception or sexually transmitted infections.
