A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.

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 ...

A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor. Clips of silent surveillance ...

Across the world, incarcerated pregnant women are often held in deplorable conditions, leading some to miscarry or give birth alone inside a cell, say campaigners Read more in our Women in prison ...