Air pollution ‘as bad as smoking in increasing risk of miscarriage’

Scientists called study’s findings upsetting and said toxic air must be cut

Mothers are being abused during childbirth. We need our own #MeToo

Women are scared to speak out about what has happened as they give birth, says Sally Gimson, deputy editor of Index on Censorship

Women can reclaim power over our bodies – by talking about them

Acknowledging the biological reality of a woman’s body is still unladylike. But if we can’t talk about our reproductive lives, we can’t defend them

NHS to fund surgery on unborn babies with spina bifida

From April patients will be able to have prenatal procedure to repair foetus’s spine

‘We could have saved them’: Australia’s stillbirth rate unchanged for 20 years

Landmark report finds stillbirth affects 2,000 families a year, and the rate is twice as high for Indigenous mothers

Woman tells of ‘pregnancy’ that turned out to be 26kg ovarian cyst

Keely Favell lost third of her body weight after operation to take out growth discovered by obstetric ultrasound

Who can afford to get pregnant? IVF ‘baby scholarships’ raise a class issue

Private foundations are now helping couples and individuals seeking fertility treatments in a country where IVF costs more than anywhere else on earth

I had my baby in prison, so I know how jails are risking mothers’ lives

Jailed pregnant women need greater support and understanding from the authorities, says a woman who had her baby while in custody

Too many baby deaths avoidable, report into NHS finds

Each Baby Counts project analyses cases of stillbirth, neonatal death and babies born with brain damage

Private IVF clinics urged to stop charging for expensive add-ons

Fertility experts criticise use of optional extras that do not increase chance of pregnancy