The Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed access to an abortion, according to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico on Monday. The court confirmed ...

Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler called the phrase fetal heartbeat a "misnomer" Thursday in a defense of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ recent controversial ...

Abortion provider Planned Parenthood stealth-edited its language about fetal development, now asserting that there is no heartbeat between weeks five and six of gestation. The changes made to the ...

A heart murmur is an extra sound that can occur between heartbeats as blood moves through the heart. In babies, it is usually not a cause for concern. Sometimes, however, it can indicate an underlying ...

Your baby's heart rate changes a lot in the first 24 hours after delivery as their body gets used to life outside the womb.