She arrived at X House resigned to delivering her baby while incarcerated. Amy Hicks was 7 ½ months pregnant and convicted of an illegal drug offense that would keep her behind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections. The ...

When a healthy, petite, 21-year-old pregnant Mississippi woman approached her due date, the physician instructed her to choose a date for her labor to be induced. She offered no medical justification ...

As you approach the end of pregnancy, circumstances may arise where you may choose to have your labor prematurely started. This is known as an elective labor induction. It's considered an elective ...

Nigeria this month became the latest country to approve its use to induce labor, a procedure recommended when carrying a pregnancy is riskier than giving birth. The updated review included 41 ...

Pregnant women who are near their due date or have just passed it can have labor induced with drugs or other medical procedures — or they can simply wait for labor to start on its own. Sometimes, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — At least two Catholic hospital systems in the United States are performing a procedure known as early induction for fetuses with anomalies incompatible with life. The morally ...

Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S. undergoing the procedure each year (totaling roughly 1 million).

Three women imprisoned in the Arizona Department of Corrections while pregnant claim their labor was induced against their will. The women say they were forced to have their labor induced, despite ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, according to three women incarcerated at the Perryville prison in Buckeye. The women say they were ...