North Dakota looks at more abortion restrictions
North Dakota lawmakers who approved what would be some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. are now considering outlawing all abortions.
North Dakota close to banning abortions at 6 weeks
North Dakota on Friday moved closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, with lawmakers sending the Republican ...
OB/GYNs told robot hysterectomy not best option
Pricey robotic surgery shouldn't be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who ...
Judge overturns verdict to 'Price is Right' model
A judge has overturned an $8.5 million verdict awarded to a former "Price is Right" model in a pregnancy discrimination case and ruled a new trial is ...
5-organ transplant patient gives birth
A woman who was given a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestine at a Miami hospital in 2007 has delivered a healthy baby girl, ...
Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies
After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to ...
Hard to find good info on drug safety in pregnancy
Nearly every woman takes a medication at some point during pregnancy. Yet there's disturbingly little easy-to-understand information about which drugs ...
China may end long-hated labor re-education camps
All it took was a handwritten note from police to send Zhao Meifu to a labor camp for a year in China's arid northwest. The farmer had been seeking ...
Arkansas GOP eyes Planned Parenthood funds next
Not content with enacting the most restrictive abortion law in the country, Arkansas Republicans plan to press the legislative advantage their party ...
Anti-abortion groups divided over legal tactics
By adopting the nation's toughest abortion law in the face of certain legal challenge, Arkansas legislators have exposed sharp tactical divisions ...
Do more women need diabetes care when pregnant?
A change in testing could nearly triple the number of women diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy, but would catching milder cases help mother or ...
Ark. Senate overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban
The Arkansas Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy ...
Ark. Gov. Beebe vetoes 12-week abortion ban
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed what would have been the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation, telling lawmakers that outlawing the ...
Arkansas Senate overrides veto of abortion bill
Arkansas became the eighth state Thursday to enact a near-ban on abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, and by next week it could outlaw ...
Correction: Arkansas Legislature-Abortion story
In later versions of a Feb. 27 story about Arkansas abortion legislation, The Associated Press misidentified the year of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe ...
Study finds pregnancy nausea drug won't harm fetus
There's reassuring news for pregnant women miserable with morning sickness: A very large study in Denmark finds no evidence that using a popular ...
Advanced breast cancer edges up in younger women
Advanced breast cancer has increased slightly among young women, a 34-year analysis suggests. The disease is still uncommon among women younger than ...
Arkansas governor vetoes 20-week abortion bill
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed a ban on most abortions in Arkansas at 20 weeks into a pregnancy, setting up an override fight with a ...
Koop, who transformed surgeon general post, dies
With his striking beard and starched uniform, former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era ...
Panel questions value of calcium, vitamin D pills
Popping calcium and vitamin D pills in hopes of strong bones? Healthy older women shouldn't bother with relatively low-dose dietary supplements, say ...
German bishops OK contraception in rape cases
Roman Catholic-run hospitals can prescribe limited emergency contraception to rape victims, German bishops said Thursday as they sought to contain ...
Costlier robotic surgery soars for hysterectomies
Robotic surgery is increasingly being used for women's hysterectomies, adding at least $2,000 to the cost without offering much benefit over less ...
'What to Expect' daughter Emma Bing gives birth
Emma Bing, the inspiration for the pregnancy bible "What to Expect When You're Expecting," has given birth in Los Angeles to a boy. Lennox Page Ali, ...
Morning-after pill use up to 1 in 9 younger women
About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception ...
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