Legislation to require the Arkansas Department of Education to include a discussion about human fetal development in state education standards advanced out of a Senate Committee Monday. State Sen.

Arizona Republicans advanced bills requiring fetal development lessons while banning abortion information in public schools ...

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Thanks to advances in imaging and diagnostic technologies, clinicians can now detect many genetic disorders in the womb, ...

Iowa lawmakers continue to push for their policy proposals in the 2025 legislative session. In a shortened week, lawmakers advanced a proposed constitutional amendment from the attorney general and ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally distinguished surgeon-scientist Jose L. Peiro Ibanez, MD, PhD, joins Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone as director of the newly ...

A growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to require fetal development education in public schools. Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...