It was 1986 when the plan was first hatched, with Pat Anthony driving to Johannesburg, South Africa, 230 miles from her home, ...

The Free Birth Society advised pregnant women to avoid doctors and midwives, with deadly consequences. The bigger tragedy is the brutal system the women were so desperate to flee.

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

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

She claimed she told people that she was older than 12 at the time, which helped her avoid immediate scrutiny. I had been ...

Brooke Shoemaker was convicted in 2020 of chemical endangerment of a child resulting in death. She was just granted a new ...

I coined the phrase ‘Too posh to push’ – now I worry we’re having too many caesareans - COMMENT: As the NHS reveals that C-sections have overtaken natural births for the first time, mother-of-two Elea ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Two Black pregnant women delivered in crisis after hospitals delayed emergency care, with one giving birth on an ...

Having battled postpartum depression twice, biotech entrepreneur and neuroscientist Dr Clarissa Yates is developing a blood ...

Maternal deaths are climbing in Illinois, and state reviewers say nearly all of them could have been prevented. A new state ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A Bakersfield family is celebrating the holidays with a new loved one after what doctors are calling a one in a million birth. Suze Lopez gave birth to a full-term baby ...

Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to ...