Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

Since the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, I have been inundated by reporters seeking a reaction to Mississippi's abortion ban while disregarding the State's dismal record on birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria, far right, and Rep. Jason Nemes, far left, discussed freestanding birth centers. In ...

Jeanine Valrie Logan sat in traffic for nearly two hours while she was in labor with her third child. Logan was determined to have her daughter at a birth center — a type of small facility focused on ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

Staff at Earthside Birth and Wellness Center hang ink footprints on a wall from a baby delivered there on July 22, 2025 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. More women are opting out of having babies in hospitals ...