A woman gave birth on the side of the road after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital while in active labor, according ...
Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced a new bill this week to improve maternal health after the video of Mercedes Wells ...
Analysis from FAIR Health in 2024 found that the national median hospital charge for a vaginal delivery in the U.S. was just over $31,000, while a C-section had a median charge of around $44,400, for ...
Mercedes Wells is back in the hospital, less than a week after being forced to give birth to her baby girl in her husband's ...
Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly ...
It was really a horrific situation to be treated like a dog, or not even like a dog, like less than,” mother Mercedes Wells ...
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted many pregnant women to consider home births to avoid hospitals and other expectant moms ill with COVID-19 in the labor and delivery ward. Indeed, a startling ...
Video shows a Black woman in active labor being wheeled out of a hospital, only to give birth minutes later in her car.
Mercedes Wells' experience at Franciscan Health Crown Point highlights disparities in Black women's birth experiences.