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

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Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

My daughter arrived on August 5, 2025, after a whirlwind and terrifying birth experience: 35 hours of labor, preeclampsia, ...

A Utah woman's birth took a shocking turn when she gave birth under a Christmas tree in a hospital's lobby. The surprising ...

The former Disney star and the Twenty One Pilots drummer tied the knot in 2019 Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2021/Getty; Debby Ryan/Instagram On Saturday, Dec. 13, Debby Ryan announced that she and husband ...

Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne tread a delicate line between hard-hitting and empathetic in this profile of the Free Birth Society. Plus, an ode to The Gilmore Girls A shocking Guardian investigation by ...

Job stability, higher income and home ownership are key factors in correlation with higher rates of marriage and child birth, a government survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Data and Statistics ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Parents of pre-school children in London are delighted: thanks to our collapsing birth rate, it seems the catchment areas of good local state schools keep getting bigger. But there are major downsides ...