From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something ...

A growing number of women in the U.S. are opting to give birth at home rather than at a hospital. Data shows more than 50,000 ...

Alex Stewart is a mom to an 8-month-old son, Teddy, and a 3-year-old daughter, Elsie ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely.

Abortion is a procedure to terminate a pregnancy. Birth control and emergency contraception do not end a pregnancy — they prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. Birth control pills and ...

As a demographer who studies American childbearing decision-making and behaviors, I’m increasingly being pulled into the near-constant discourse on how to raise birth rates, spurred by the record low ...

Side effects are possible with any contraceptive. However, popular myths and misconceptions have led many to believe that the risks of certain side effects are more likely than the evidence suggests.