A figure commonly used to compare the risk of death from pregnancy compared with the risk of death from abortion might be ...

Access to birth control prevents thousands of deaths in pregnancy and childbirth every year, a new global analysis has found. Globally, maternal deaths – pregnancy-related deaths during pregnancy, ...

A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report looked at data from the ...

The death of Dr. Janell Green Smith during childbirth is not just heartbreaking—it is devastatingly instructive.

(CNN) — When Janell Green Smith first announced her pregnancy this past summer, her family was ecstatic. After participating in more than 300 births as a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing ...

Sha-Asia Washington died during an emergency C-section in New York. The death of a 26-year-old Black woman during an emergency C-section is putting a spotlight on the disparities women of color face ...