Women are documenting on TikTok what it's like to give birth without any medical assistance. Health experts say the fringe practice is extremely dangerous.

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.

Woman gives birth in driverless car on way to hospital

A San Francisco woman gave birth in the back of a driverless taxi she had booked to take her to the hospital. The woman had ordered a Waymo driverless car to take her to UCSF Medical Center on Monday, ...

Where is the best place to give birth – and what does it teach us about how to get it right?

As the Amos report into maternal and neonatal safety finds an unacceptable standard of care in many wards. Radhika Sanghani and Victoria Young look at what happens when care is found wanting – and how ...

The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world – Full Story podcast

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 ...

Lawmakers vow to improve care for pregnant women in jails

Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News ...