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 ...

Lawrence police officers assisted a woman give birth outside of a Market Basket on Tuesday. Authorities received a report around 12:05 p.m. from the mother stating that her water broke in the area of ...

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...