A Dolton woman who was discharged while in labor at Franciscan Health Crown Point is receiving care for post-birth issues, a family member said. Mercedes Wells is receiving care at Community Hospital ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...

Alena Wells could have entered the world surrounded by her family and medical professionals. Instead, she was born on Nov. 16 in the front seat of a Chevrolet Silverado as her father, Leon Wells, ...

An Illinois congresswoman is proposing new legislation to address systemic issues around maternal healthcare, racial disparities and hospital accountability after one of her constituents was ...

A doctor and nurse who discharged a pregnant woman in active labor from an Indiana hospital just minutes before she said she gave birth in a vehicle on the side of the road have been fired following ...

The doctor and nurse who turned away a woman minutes before she gave birth are no longer employed by Franciscan Health Crown Point in Indiana, hospital officials confirmed. In a statement, Franciscan ...