A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more

March 18, 2009

Delivering a healthy, happy baby is a goal for all moms-to-be. Here are some tips to maintain a healthy pregnancy. ...more

March 14, 2009

Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the capital's abortion law last week, setting a precedent for the rest of the country that could inspire other Latin American cities. ...more

August 31, 2008

Red will be the color of choice for county commissioners today as they pass a resolution promoting the importance of women's health. ...more

February 5, 2008

It was a scene evoking images of Sotheby's in London or New York - except that the prices were light years lower and the bidders a good bit shorter. ...more

December 26, 2007

I found that when I was pregnant, most of the women I knew would eventually ask me if I was going to nurse. ...more

December 7, 2007

SEBRING — In Highlands County, six infants died in 2004, seven in 2005, and 11 in 2006. Those don't seem like high numbers, considering that 1,004 babies are born here every year. But take a second look: the number of infant deaths has almost doubled in two years, and Mary Jo Plews is troubled. Plews, executive director of Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties, said a committee is still looking at individual cases in Highlands County to determine why the infant mortality rate went up so drastically. One reason, she realized, is that Highlands is a small county, so the statistics themselves are small. For instance, Lafayette County had only three infant deaths from 2004-06, but since there were only 295 live births in the same three years, the mortality rate was 11.7 percent, one of the highest in the state. ...more

October 26, 2007