Alternative methods (such as acupuncture and herbal supplements). We wanted to know the most effective and safest labour induction method for pregnant women at or after 37 weeks with a live baby.

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that 13 common methods for medically inducing labor are similarly ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused a Delaware nurse practitioner of prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in what is now the second lawsuit the state has filed against an ...

I have a condition called vaginismus that makes traditional cervical cancer screening nearly impossible.

Misoprostol and methotrexate do more than end pregnancies—but anti-abortion pharmacists can now refuse to offer them and ...

One of very few things most people seem capable of agreeing on is that orgasms are awesome. A euphoric physical experience of erotic pleasure? Yeah, not much room for confusion or debate there!

Nurse practitioner Debra Lynch conducted telehealth appointments with Texas women before prescribing and shipping them ...

The lawsuit alleges that Debra Lynch violated Texas law by sending the medications mifepristone and misoprostol into the ...

In 2024, Texas also sued a New York provider accused of prescribing abortion pills, but her state’s law has shielded her from prosecution.

When it comes to being pregnant with twins, you get two for the laboring price of one (and take it from someone who's labored twice — that's not a bad deal). But while you'll be laboring only once, ...

When I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) at age 36, I was terrified. But then I remembered this wasn’t my first rodeo: I was born with sickle cell disease, and doctors said I wouldn’t ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health ...