At Occupy Seattle last week, a pregnant woman was among those pepper-sprayed by cops (another victim was 84 years old). Now she says she's had a miscarriage.

On November 8, Mississippians will vote on Initiative 26, an amendment to their state's constitution declares that life begins at the moment of conception. If enacted, the measure will effectively outlaw all abortion, IVF, embryonic stem cell research, and many forms of birth control. The driving force behind this and…

Usually when we talk about the misuse of ultrasound technology it has to do with women being forced into interacting with a fetus when they just want an abortion. However, a frightening new study found that the test doctors use to determine whether or not women have miscarried may be flawed. That means that women may…

If you're pregnant and feel you're running low on things to worry about, we have some news you'll want to hear. A new study presents troubling information about a possible link between anti-inflammatory drugs and miscarriage, complete with conflicting expert advice on how alarmed you should be.

British researchers have come up with a preliminary index to predict which pregnancies will end in miscarriage, with 94 percent accuracy rate. It requires no equipment and can help doctors inexpensively focus resources on high-risk pregnancies.

A British doctor was jailed for six years for trying to induce a miscarriage in a woman without her consent. Now he'll lose his medical license too.

Last month, a billboard went up in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Carrying the endorsement of New Mexico Right To Life, it announced that a woman had decided to "kill our child." Now the woman, Nani Lawrence, who apparently had a miscarriage, has successfully sued to have the billboard taken down and be granted an order of…

Welcome back to Midweek Madness! Every Wednesday, we drink the Kool-Aid poured by Ok!, Us, In Touch, Star and Life & Style. This week, Katie Holmes is unofficially officially pregnant; Pippa Middleton is secretly engaged; Prince Harry has told Chelsy Davy that she's "next"; Brad's got a new tatto, inspired by…

A bill currently before the Georgia House of Representatives would not only outlaw all abortions — it would also require that women who miscarry undergo investigation to make sure there was "no human involvement whatsoever." They could also face jail time and even death. Herewith, some of the bill's most insane…

In a disturbing pharmacy mixup, a pregnant woman was given an abortion drug that could cause miscarriage or birth defects. Now she has to wait to see if her pregnancy will be affected — and pharmacies all over the country need to figure out how to keep this from happening again.

Just days after suffering her second miscarriage, Lily Allen was rushed to the hospital with blood poisoning. She's responding well to treatment, and seems to be deriving strength from people's well-wishes, but still: Some good news for this gal already?

It's not just in Poland: When a thirteen-year-old Peruvian girl was raped and impregnated, she jumped out of the window in despair. She was denied both proper treatment for her injuries and an abortion, as she discusses in this video.

A Polish woman died because doctors kept refusing to treat her colon condition. The reason: they were worried she might miscarry.

What's it like for a man when an unplanned pregnancy ends in miscarriage? One man writes about feeling unready and then relieved, which "should have given me far more pause than it did. Now I know how to read myself."

Seven women imprisoned in Guanajuato, Mexico for up to 8 years have been freed after legal reforms reduced the 25-to-35-year sentencing. A local women's activist says they miscarried; the hard-line anti-abortion state says they delivered live babies.

• A Planned Parenthood in Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop a law that would require mental health screening for women seeking abortions. If they are unsuccessful, the law will go into effect next month. •

A new study shows antidepressant use during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, casting even further doubt on what the hell depressed moms-to-be are supposed to do.

Miscarriages: tragic in real life, overused on television as a way to avoid hot-button issues. And when it comes to her character on Big Love, Amanda Seyfried agrees.

• Defense lawyers have asked that the public stop vilifying the six teens charged with in the death of Phoebe Prince. Several of the accused bullies have received death threats, and one has even been driven from her house.

Last month, Utah sought to criminalize a woman's "reckless act" that led to miscarriage. Now the governor has signed a bill designating "intentional or knowing" miscarriage as criminal homicide — which really isn't much better.