A pregnant woman says she was turned away from Franciscan Health Crown Point in Crown Point, Indiana, despite being in active ...

An Illinois congresswoman is proposing legislation "to protect all moms" after one of her constituents was discharged from a ...

The mother, Mercedes Wells, spoke with reporters on Tuesday with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who plans to introduce a bill to make ...

The mom said she was told to go home because a nurse did not believe she was in active labor, according to a Facebook post ...

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 ...

Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced a new bill this week to improve maternal health after the video of Mercedes Wells ...

“The ‘Well’s Act stands for Women Expansion Learning and Labor Safety…it aims to address systemic issues about maternal care, ...

After videos of Black women in labor being refused care by hospitals across the country went viral, Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) is seeking change.

Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, is sponsoring a bill to bar hospitals from turning away or sending home a woman in active labor without a “Safe Discharge Labor Plan,” according to NBC News, which was ...

A northwest Indiana hospital fired a nurse and physician after an Illinois woman and her husband were sent home, forcing her ...

Congresswoman Robin Kelly said she will introduce legislation to prevent another woman from being forced to leave a hospital ...

The legislation seeks to stop Black women from suffering during and after childbirth and hold hospitals accountable according to bill language obtained exclusively by NBC News.