The Free Birth Society advised pregnant women to avoid doctors and midwives, with deadly consequences. The bigger tragedy is the brutal system the women were so desperate to flee.

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — In a maternity ward in eastern Congo, Irene Nabudeba rested her hands on her bulging midsection, worried about giving birth in a city under rebel control. The conflict that flared ...

It is increasingly difficult to give birth in eastern Congo GOMA, Congo -- In a maternity ward in eastern Congo, Irene Nabudeba rested her hands on her bulging midsection, worried about giving birth ...