In a disturbing case from the US state of Florida, a pregnant woman in active labor was forced to attend a virtual court hearing via Zoom from her hospital bed for refusing a Cesarean delivery, also ...

Staff forced her to appear in Zoom court from her hospital bed — without legal representation — and a judge ruled the hospital could perform the surgery in an emergency without her consent Doyley ...

An Illinois congresswoman is proposing new legislation to address systemic issues around maternal healthcare, racial disparities and hospital accountability after one of her constituents was ...

Childbirth often goes differently than planned, but a Florida woman faced something truly unexpected while she was in labor: a virtual court hearing. Doyley's plan was to try for a vaginal birth, the ...

A judge, a hospital bed, and a woman in active labor fighting over who gets to make a medical decision about her body.

A Jacksonville mother says she was blindsided when she learned doctors had gone to court seeking an emergency C-section while ...