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

Investigations correspondent Sirin Kale speaks to Reged Ahmad about why medical experts are warning about the dangers of the Free Birth Society, a multimillion-dollar business that promotes the idea o ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Melissa Holmes, at 42 years old, became a mother for the second time in 2023, joining a growing trend of women giving birth later in life. Melissa Holmes, 42 The perception-reality gap ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

The photographer spend two years taking photos of black women giving birth. It was about five years ago when Dallas-Fort Worth photographer Elaine Baca photographed her first birth. Until then, she ...

Beaufort Memorial Hospital is making changes to its emergency care procedures after a federal review found the hospital ...

Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older.