A woman in labor was trying to hail a cab to the hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Monday when her baby could no longer wait—she got down on the ground and gave birth right there in the crosswalk on the corner of 68th and 3rd. Fox 5 News cameras happened to catch all the action while on their way to… » 2/25/14 10:20am 2/25/14 10:20am

At more than halfway through her pregnancy, JWoww took to her blog to post a picture of her pregnant belly. Or lack thereof. JWoww said: » 2/04/14 5:30pm 2/04/14 5:30pm

Full disclosure: I love GQ. It is one of my favorite magazines, and I've had a subscription forever. However, sometimes even my favorite eternal frat boys fail. Enter Broncos receiver Eric Decker's photo spread with his pregnant wife, singer Jessie James in January's issue. I don't think these poses could be more… » 1/20/14 6:30pm 1/20/14 6:30pm

A neurobiologist from Amsterdam University who has discovered a gross new way to troll people has made two claims, one more surprising than the other: a) women's lifestyle choices during pregnancy can affect the development of their children, specifically b) that smoking during pregnancy may increase the likelihood… » 1/19/14 3:00pm 1/19/14 3:00pm

A Salvadoran nun gave birth in Italy this week in what might have been the premise for a very good episode of either I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant or American Horror Story: Asylum. » 1/19/14 12:00pm 1/19/14 12:00pm

A massive new study has disproved the common conservative notion that women who want abortions are idiots who don't know what a pregnancy is; even after looking at ultrasounds, more than 98% of them went ahead with the procedure. And the ones who did change their minds were among a tiny sliver of abortion-seeking women … » 1/09/14 3:15pm 1/09/14 3:15pm

Sadly, the tales of woe stemming from the ACA website keep on coming. The latest issue: If you sign up, and then give birth, updating your profile is a nightmare. » 1/03/14 3:45pm 1/03/14 3:45pm

A pregnant, registered nurse from Pennsylvania is out of a job after refusing to get a flu-shot required by her employer. » 12/27/13 9:50am 12/27/13 9:50am

Virgin births: not just for teen Jewish girls hanging out in Bethlehem barns anymore. According to research, almost 1% of American women claim that they, too were unpenetrated by the peen of a man when they became pregnant. » 12/18/13 12:20pm 12/18/13 12:20pm

After badgering the government to write women's health care policy around its specific beliefs, the US Council of Catholic Bishops has finally gotten itself sued over the harm those beliefs cause when put into action. Behind the first-of-its-kind suit is the American Civil Liberties Union (you know, the one that… » 12/03/13 7:00pm 12/03/13 7:00pm

A really ugly legal battle is about to get underway in the UK, where an Italian national who came to Britain last July on a work-related trip had her infant forcibly removed by caesarean section after social services determined she suffered a mental breakdown and didn't have the capacity to care for the child. » 12/01/13 1:30pm 12/01/13 1:30pm

This morning on the Today show, viewers met Robin Young, a pretty, athletic, 28-year-old woman who has donated eggs three times and is getting ready for a fourth procedure. Robin, a dancer who reads Back Stage, was recruited for egg donation via a very specific ad in the magazine. » 11/26/13 4:30pm 11/26/13 4:30pm

It's a classic love story — boy meets girl. Girl gets pregnant. Boy and Girl break up. Girl moves to a different state for college. Boy sues Girl for custody of the fetus. Court rules Fetus belongs with Boy. Girl forced to give Fetus to Boy and Boy's New Wife. Boy is Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller. Classic. Love.… » 11/25/13 3:45pm 11/25/13 3:45pm

Yesterday, a proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy was rejected by voters of Albuquerque. We're not talking a polite "it's not you, it's me" kind of rejection. We're talking changing your phone number-level rejection. We're talking Moving To Another City Without Telling You kind of rejection. Here's why… » 11/20/13 11:40am 11/20/13 11:40am