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 ...

Pregnancy is full of surprises, and sometimes things just don’t go the way you plan. For some women, labor can go from feeling a bit uncomfortable to “my water just broke” in what feels like seconds.

Conversations were held Thursday between an Indiana hospital and the pregnant woman turned away moments before she gave birth. Mercedes Wells gave birth to her daughter in her car, after she was told ...