In recent years, West Africa’s highest court and a pan-African human rights body have ruled the expulsion of pregnant girls to be in violation of legally binding African charters on children’s rights, ...

In an effort to address high maternal and infant mortality rates plaguing many of the Southern U.S. states, legislators in ...

Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high ...

The bill would rollback years of legal protections surrounding doctor-patient confidentiality, and take away behavioral ...