Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

The bill in the House requires students be shown a video depicting fetal development, while the Senate version does not include that requirement.

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In a shortened week, lawmakers advanced a proposed constitutional amendment from the attorney general and revisited some bills that didn’t pass last year.

Subcommittee meetings continued in Des Moines on Thursday. One that received a lot of attention was discussing a bill that ...

A video that medical experts say is inaccurate could be used as the standard for some Iowa students’ growth and development ...

Scientifically inaccurate wording in the order attempts to erase both trans and reproductive rights, experts say ...

Lawmakers spent hours on Tuesday pushing a bill to require public school kids to watch a controversial video about pregnancy.

Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is linked to accelerated epigenetic gestational age in infants at birth, ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol — a necessary hormone for fetal development — and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

Find out how big your baby is in each week of pregnancy, using our fetal growth chart measurements of average length and ...