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Birth center coming to Germantown aims to fill void left by closure of Bryn Mawr's

When Bryn Mawr's LifeCycle Wellness, one of the oldest birth centers in the country, announced it was shutting down this March after 47 years of offering midwife services, a group of state lawmakers ...
Newsday

Teen birth rates have plummeted on Long Island and in the U.S. Here's why.

Graciela Benavides had planned to be in law school by now. But she got pregnant when she was 16 and has to focus on caring and providing for her now 5-year-old daughter. As Tatiana quietly played ...
People

Pregnant Woman Gives Birth on Her Birthday After Being Rescued from Sinking Car

Shedly Apollon confirmed she gave birth hours after she was rescued — on the same day she celebrated her 29th birthday Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in ...
The Washington Post

China’s efforts to boost the birth rate have failed. Is coercion next?

Women may hold up half the sky, as Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong once famously declared, but these days they must do so while also holding a baby — or preferably three — in their arms at ...
Wall Street Journal

‘My Family Thought I Was Crazy’: More Women Are Choosing to Give Birth at Home

Before Ivey Cross was ever expecting, she was glued to TikTok videos of women describing their experiences of giving birth at home. Twenty-five weeks into her own pregnancy, she decided to do so ...
New York Post

Florida couple sues fertility clinic after alleged embryo mix-up results in birth of ‘non-Caucasian child’ not biologically theirs

A Florida couple claims a fertility clinic error led to the birth of a “non-Caucasian child” who was not biologically theirs, according to a lawsuit. Tiffany ...
Newsweek

Photo Man Took As Wife Gave Birth in 1986 Goes Viral for Incredible Reason

A photograph, taken 40 years ago by a man watching his wife give birth to their second child, is going viral for the most powerful of reasons. New York based photographer Cynthia Delconte took to ...
PBS

U.S. births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer ...
ABC7

Minority births make up the majority in the US for the first time, new study finds

A major demographic shift is underway in the United States. White births in the country have fallen below 50% for the first time ever. That's among the findings in a new study published Friday by ...
USA Today

'The View' host Alyssa Farah Griffin welcomes first child

Alyssa Farah Griffin is a mom! The cohost of "The View" and former White House strategic communications director, 36, has welcomed her first child with husband Justin Griffin. Whoopi Goldberg ...
collider

These 10 Horror Movies Are a Masterclass in Filmmaking

The best films are high art, whether they be a feast for the eyes through their cinematography, a play on the emotions due to the score, or a lasting impression on the mind because of their script and ...