Over the past 150 years, the rise in Caesarean sections and changes in diet could have led to smaller pelvises among women – ...

Childbirth can be a defining life experience, but it can also be disempowering for many women. The UK Health Secretary, Wes ...

Childbirth is not something that anyone can completely control. In some situations, inducing labor or doing a C-section is the safest option. And complications are the exception, not the norm.

Democrats for Life and Americans United for Life teamed up, and in January 2023 the two organizations released a white paper, fleshing out the “Make Birth Free” policy in more detail. The authors ...

Newsweek spoke to several experts to find out if the Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act could improve falling birth rates.

Each year in the U.S., 700 to 900 women die related to pregnancy and childbirth. But for each of those women who die, up to 70 suffer hemorrhages, organ failure or other significant complications.

Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky. By Carl Zimmer It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are ...

Natural childbirth doesn’t mean rejection of care. It means care with a mother-focused doctor or midwife, sometimes in a place other than a hospital.

The average cost of childbirth with health insurance is based on marketplace health insurance plans offered in Arlington, Virginia, with averages across the 53 plans offered by Bright Health, Cigna, ...