You can typically hear your baby's heartbeat with a Doppler stethoscope between weeks 9 and 12 of pregnancy. Here are six simple reasons why you might not. One of the most exciting pregnancy ...

The Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed access to an abortion, according to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico on Monday. The court confirmed ...

Embedded in abortion laws in Texas are disputed assertions about embryonic development and the procedure’s risks. Chief among them: whether the early embryo has a heart. By Roni Caryn Rabin The Texas ...

Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler called the phrase fetal heartbeat a "misnomer" Thursday in a defense of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ recent controversial ...

Nearly five years ago, Amir Lahav became a parent of twins born prematurely at 25 weeks. They weighed just over 1 pound each. Welcoming two newborns into the family certainly changed his life, but as ...