Earlier this week, Republican lawmakers attempted to pass the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," a bill they said was designed to combat infanticide and protect newborn babies following ...

Key legal question: Jurors must decide if Sarah Ngaba’s mental state after childbirth reduces her crime from murder to ...

Postpartum mental disorder could be used as a legal defense for women who kill their children under a bill introduced in the Legislature. The bill was filed this month by Rep. Jessica Farrar, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paris Mayo gave birth to her son Stanley alone – at home, in silence, while her parents and brother were upstairs. Mayo claimed ...

Saint Omer is a French film that picked up distinctions at the Venice International Film Festival and has hit wider distribution in the United States. It’s based on the story of Fabienne Kabou, a ...

Key trial question: Jurors must decide if Sarah Ngaba’s mind was disturbed by childbirth or if she acted out of anger when fatally injuring her baby. Morning of incident: Despite being told to seek ...

"Routine" infanticide of newborns by married parents in early modern Europe was a much more widespread practice than previously thought, a new book posits. This fresh insight sits at the heart of a ...

Editor's note: This story is about infanticide — the killing of a newborn baby — and includes graphic descriptions of that practice. We had to pass two strictly-manned, massive gates to access the ...