Earlier this month, Mercedes Wells was ready to give birth at Franciscan Health Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana, when staff turned her away, saying that she would have to come back later because she ...

A story out of northwest Indiana has stunned people across the country. CBS Chicago reporter Asal Rezaei spoke with a family who says a hospital sent a pregnant woman home while she was in obvious ...

Mercedes Wells' experience at Franciscan Health Crown Point highlights disparities in Black women's birth experiences. Franciscan Health Crown Point in Crown Point, Indiana, has dismissed a doctor and ...

Mercedes Wells was in an emergency room while in labor when she says she was told to go home. Video shows Wells being wheeled out with instructions to wait at home for her labor to progress. She ended ...

An Indiana hospital is under fire for turning away a Black woman in active labor who gave birth minutes later inside her car. Social media is on fire in response to a video showing a Black woman in ...