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October 30, 2019

Connecticut court rules frozen embryos can be destroyed

Connecticut's highest court ruled Wednesday that frozen embryos at the center of a divorce case amount to marital property ...

October 29, 2019

Lawsuit: Fertility doctor used own sperm to impregnate woman

A family alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a Colorado fertility doctor used his own sperm instead of that of an ...

October 29, 2019

Elected Arizona official accused of selling babies suspended

An elected official in Arizona was suspended Monday after he was charged with running a human smuggling scheme that brought ...

October 15, 2019

France: Vote set to legalize IVF for lesbians, single women

France's lower house of parliament is expected to approve a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples legal ...

October 14, 2019

Increased number of STDs in Hawaii linked to online dating

An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the ...

October 10, 2019

Politician charged in human trafficking adoption scheme

An Arizona elected official ran a human smuggling scheme that promised pregnant women thousands of dollars to lure them from ...

October 09, 2019

Report reveals widespread abuse of women during childbirth

A new report says more than one-third of women in four low-income countries in Africa and Asia were slapped, mocked, forcibly ...

October 08, 2019

Warren stands by account of once being fired for pregnancy

Elizabeth Warren is standing by her account of being fired from a teaching job nearly 50 years ago because she was pregnant ...

October 08, 2019

3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in US

U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year. More than 1.7 million ...

October 07, 2019

Hospital where 3 preemies died seeking source of bacteria

A Pennsylvania hospital is racing to determine the source of a waterborne germ that appears to have infected at least eight ...

October 03, 2019

Twin births in US now going down, at lowest level in decade

Fewer U.S. families are seeing double, according to a government report that finds a drop in new twins. Twin births steadily ...

October 02, 2019

Man sues Oregon clinic over donated sperm used for 17 kids

A man who says his donated sperm was used to father at least 17 children in violation of an agreement that allowed for no ...

October 01, 2019

Trump officials shuffle funds to cover family planning gaps

Federal officials said Monday they're redirecting nearly $34 million to cover gaps in access to birth control for low-income ...

September 27, 2019

ACLU argues pregnant women wrongly returned to Mexico

Civil rights groups are demanding an investigation by Homeland Security's watchdog into the practice of sending pregnant ...

September 25, 2019

ACLU: Alaska police agency failed to protect Native women

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday accused police in this small Alaska city of "a systemic and disastrous failure" ...

September 24, 2019

France set to debate bill to extend IVF to single women

France's parliament is set to debate a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples access to in-vitro fertilization ...

September 19, 2019

The Latest: Labor nominee Eugene Scalia cites 'public trust'

The Latest on Eugene Scalia, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Labor Department (all times local): 9:50 a.m.

September 18, 2019

Number of abortions in US falls to lowest level since 1973

The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became ...