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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Mercedes Wells gave birth in a pickup truck on the side of the road after being turned away by Franciscan Health Crown Point ...

Franciscan Health Doctor And Nurse Fired for wrongly discharging Mercedes Wells while she was in labor with her daughter ...

An Indiana doctor and nurse who turned away Mercedes Wells as she was minutes from giving birth are no longer employed, ...