U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) on Tuesday introduced legislation named after Mercedes Wells, the woman who was ...

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

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 ...

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

Federal bill would mandate safe discharge plans for labor patients, requiring hospitals to ensure clinical justification and transportation ...

The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been ...

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

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 ...

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 new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, ...