Justice Samuel Alito argued in favor of abortion regulations that would help eventually overturn Roe. Alito said it was part of a "moral choice" that women hear about fetal development prior to an ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal ...

Drinking any amount of alcohol during pregnancy was associated with changes and delays in fetal brain development, according to data presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual ...

(THE CONVERSATION) During the 2024 presidential campaign, politicians and their surrogates repeatedly raised concerns about abortion later in pregnancy. The topic grabbed media attention and continues ...

Direct exposure of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her unborn child via the placenta may impact brain development. The corresponding study was published in Future Medicine by researchers from the ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

Streak ovaries are when the ovaries do not develop correctly before birth. This causes the individual to have nonfunctioning ovaries and experience various symptoms. Ovaries are the small oval-shaped ...

Pro-choice OBGYNs blasted a fetal development video being considered for sex education curriculum in some states, with one doctor arguing the film was the "last thing kids need[ed] to be watching." ...