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Birth

Mom gives birth to premature twins in car on road trip

  • May 31
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Family sues after developmentally disabled woman raped, gave birth

  • May 11

Home check-ins for new parents, babies offered in suburban Cook Co.

  • May 6

6abc reporter shares miracle baby's emotional story with Tamron Hall

  • May 2

Chicago South Side Birth Center set to open in early 2027

  • Apr 7

Woman gives birth as flight lands at JFK Airport

  • Apr 6

Minority births make up the majority in the US, study finds

  • Feb 2

Woman with stomach pain shocked to welcome baby at suburban hospital

  • Jan 9

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Texas woman delivers premature twins on an Oklahoma Highway

  • May 31
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Baby on board! Passenger gives birth on Delta flight

  • Apr 27
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Woman gives birth on Delta flight

  • Apr 27
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Chicago South Side Birth Center set to open in early 2027

  • Apr 7
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Mom who gave birth after being discharged meets with NW Ind. hospital

  • Dec 5, 2025
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Illinois health committee on maternal mortality receives CDC funding

  • Aug 28, 2024
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Nikole Hannah-Jones spotlights Black maternal healthcare with singer, actress Tatyana Ali

  • Jun 14, 2023
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Woman gives birth in HS parking lot after not making it to hospital

  • Mar 2, 2023

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Passenger gives birth in Waymo on way to San Francisco hospital, company says

  • Dec 10, 2025

Woman who gave birth in car after being discharged meets with NW Indiana hospital; father speaks out

News conversations were held between an Indiana hospital and the pregnant woman turned away moments before she gave birth. ABC7 Chicago spoke with the baby's father Thursday night.

  • Dec 5, 2025

US Rep. Kelly to introduce 'Wells Act' to protect mothers in labor after woman gives birth in car

Congresswoman Robin Kelly said she will introduce legislation to prevent another woman from being forced to leave a hospital while in labor.

  • Nov 25, 2025

Staff who attended to Chicago mother discharged before giving birth in car fired: hospital

The doctor and nurse who attended to a Chicago mother who was discharged from a northwest Indiana hospital shortly before giving birth earlier this week are no longer with that hospital, the Franciscan Health Crown Point president and CEO said Friday.

  • Nov 21, 2025

Mom seeks action after being discharged from hospital, giving birth in car: 'Stripped of my dignity'

Eight minutes after being forced to leave the hospital, Mercedes Wells says, she gave birth in her car.

  • Nov 18, 2025