Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, is sponsoring a bill to bar hospitals from turning away or sending home a woman in active labor without a “Safe Discharge Labor Plan,” according to NBC News, which was ...

Mercedes Wells' experience at Franciscan Health Crown Point highlights disparities in Black women's birth experiences.

Two staff members at Franciscan Health Crown Point were fired after a woman gave birth on a highway following her discharge.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Friday said he has submitted a discharge petition to force a vote on bipartisan legislation ...

For patients recovering from opioid use disorder, particularly from drugs like fentanyl or heroin, the days immediately following a hospital stay are among the most dangerous. A new multi-state study ...

A Chicago mother gave birth to her fourth child on the side of the road after being prematurely discharged from Franciscan ...

Watching the bill to release the Epstein files go from a stalled discharge petition with 217 signatures to passing both ...

A Northwest Indiana family is speaking out after they say a hospital sent a pregnant mother home — only for her to give birth ...

The same day, the House rejected a resolution censuring Del. Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat from the Virgin Islands, over her ...

An Indiana woman says a hospital turned her away while she was in active labor and she gave birth in a car less than 10 ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Mercedes Wells and her husband Leon sat inside a Chicago law firm on Tuesday, contemplating action against a ...