Lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring Utah schools to show students videos of fertilization and development of a fetus ...

Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists are channeling their frustration over the legalization of the procedure in Arizona into ...

HB 1071 would require fetal‑development videos in health class and lets parents opt out. The House takes it up this week.

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

Bills to require schools to show fetal development videos are spreading. Credit: Science Photo Library/ Getty Images. The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to ...

Substance use disorders among pregnant women continues to be a major public health concern, posing risk to the child’s development, and imposing socioeconomic burdens on society by increasing needs ...

Many factors, including genetics, stress, and environmental exposure, can shape pregnancy and fetal development. Physicians who care for pregnant patients and their babies before and after birth work ...

A new study published online January 13, 2020, in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reports that mothers who suffer severe mental stress during pregnancy may have babies with abnormal development in ...