While no drug -- prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) -- has been proven "absolutely safe when you are pregnant," many medications are thought to be safe for the mother and developing fetus, ...

Louisiana hospitals have locked up a key drug used to stop women from bleeding out after giving birth as a new state law takes effect Tuesday. The law, named Act 246, classifies two common pregnancy ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The president of the United States recently claimed that the use of acetaminophen, commonly known by the brand name ...

Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is ...