Illinois has positioned itself as a national safeguard for reproductive rights. But a new case raises questions about how ...

A lawsuit says a pregnant inmate was forced into labor at Logan. The case challenges Illinois' reproductive-rights law.

Many people try to induce labor at home with natural methods. There's little research evidence, though, to support the use of herbal remedies, exercise, or foods. Induction often relies on medications ...

There's fashionably late, and then there's downright rude. At least that seems to be the way full-term pregnancies are viewed by nearly everyone, from the soon-to-be parents themselves to friends, ...

Inducing labor for women with complications during pregnancy may be falling out of favor in the United States. National health data shows induced childbirths doubled in frequency between 1990 and 2010 ...

For obese pregnant women, elective induction of labor at 39 to 41 weeks of gestation may be a better choice than expectant management, the results of a study suggest. Compared with expectant ...

At 40 weeks pregnant, many moms are searching for anything—anything—to get labor going. So when one TikTok user saw a video claiming that sprinting could induce labor, she decided to give it a shot ...

A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that simple glucose supplementation reduces length of induced labor. The study (currently available online as an Article in Press, in ...

Those last few weeks of pregnancy can get seriously uncomfortable. As they navigate the imminent arrival of their child, some ...