Texas parents to sue doctor and start Facebook campaign to end use of forceps. Rachel Melancon and her fiance Allen Coats allege their daughter Olivia Marie died after a forceps delivery that crushed ...

Debates about childbirth often focus on pressure to accept medical interventions in hospital, such as caesareans or forceps ...

Among patients who undergo forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, obesity does not appear to be associated with increased risk for complications such as injuries to the anal sphincter or the need for ...

Jefferson Health hit 108M malpractice verdict for birth injury, plans appeal citing excluded evidence and genetic diagnosis claims.

Dr Premila Thampi, a 62-year-old consultant gynaecologist, was suspended after she was accused of bullying a mother into agreeing to the use of dorceps as she was giving birth to her first child at an ...