This Black Maternal Health Week, it’s time to acknowledge this simple truth: Abortion care is maternal healthcare.

During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting what happens when ...

Tina Marsden was 28 years old -- healthy and athletic -- when she gave birth to her son 22 years ago. But what followed was a medical nightmare she never saw coming.

In California, Black women are at least three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes. Santa ...

It should not be revolutionary for a Black woman to survive childbirth in America—but tragically, in America, it is.

A recent National Center for Health Statistics report shows that more and more women over 40 are having children.

For Dr. Ellen Rucker Sellers, giving birth to her newborns quickly transformed into a near-fatal event after losing consciousness.

Executive Director and Co-Founder of Mamatoto village Aza Nedhari breaks down why Black maternal healthcare is needed.

When Dr. Faith Ohuoba, a board-certified OB-GYN in Houston, Texas, noticed swelling in her legs after delivering her baby via ...

Northwell Health explores how mothers can take steps before, during, and after their pregnancy to remain healthy and happy.