An Etowah County woman who claimed she was forced to give birth without any medical help in a jail shower settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county, jail officials and doctors this ...

PORTER, Texas -- Within an hour of waking up on Oct. 5, a Porter woman had already given birth to her second son, alone in her living room. Ashley Darville called 911 that morning and dispatcher ...

Access to anonymous childbirth services — currently available in only two medical institutions nationwide — is essential for ...

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 ...