Legal advocates and public defenders say a detained woman spent more than 24 hours in custody before giving birth on a courtroom bench in handcuffs, exposing what protesters describe as dangerous and ...

Postpartum pre-eclampsia can affect as many as 27% of mums. antoniodiaz/ Shutterstock During pregnancy, a mother’s body undergoes vast structural and functional changes. But what many might not know ...

Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been trending on social media, but critics warn it poses serious risks. By Dawn ...

Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright ...

What started as a simple salon appointment quickly turned into something no one could have predicted. In the middle of an ordinary visit, the situation took a dramatic and urgent turn. We found ...

A lawyer for the Trump administration during arguments at the Supreme Court leaned hard on his claim that so-called birth tourism is strong evidence that the U.S. policy of automatically giving ...

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On July 8, 2023, whale biologist Shane Gero was on a boat off the coast of Dominica when he realized something “strange” was going on. A group of sperm whales known as “Unit A” that he and his ...

March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month, a time meant to support families navigating profound grief. For one North Texas family, that loss is deeply personal. Natalie Martin, a Plano ...

Precious Johnson was fatally shot after giving birth to her daughter GoFundMe The family of an Alabama woman killed by her husband in the hospital after she gave birth is raising money to support her ...

More than one year after welcoming son Jack to the world, Hailey Bieber is reflecting on her frightening childbirth experience. “So, I pushed the baby out [in] 44 minutes. I was like, ‘I did it, I got ...

Alex Stewart is a mom to an 8-month-old son, Teddy, and a 3-year-old daughter, Elsie James Bouckley A 28-year-old woman was giving birth to her second baby when midwives discovered a lump Alex Stewart ...