Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News ...

Some 45.1 per cent of women who gave birth in 2024/25 delivered their baby via caesarean, up from just 9 per cent in 1980.

They don’t want their children to play with my child because he is a child of a rape. When people say that, it makes me cry.” ...

You lose your pregnancy at home, terrified and bleeding, and you do what you’ve always taught your kids to do in an emergency ...

Jen Affleck shares her unmedicated birth video and reflects on joining “Dancing With the Stars” eight weeks postpartum.

Advocates are calling for action after dozens of pregnant women or their families alleged in a new report that jails in the United States have subjected them to severe mistreatment or medical neglect, ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

NATIONAL — A yearlong joint investigation by NBC News and Bloomberg Law has uncovered a pattern of pregnant women in jails across the United States miscarrying, giving birth alone on filthy cell ...

If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you'll find women who develop a relationship with their ...

A doctor and nurse who allegedly turned away a woman while she was actively in labor at an Indiana hospital are no longer employed. Hospital officials at Franciscan Health Crown Point announced the ...

A doctor and nurse at an Indiana hospital who allegedly turned away a woman in active labor are no longer employed there, hospital officials confirmed Friday. A now-viral clip shows an Indiana ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...