A better question is: Can we do more to make parenthood easier for people who want to have children?

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

For the first time in U.S. history, more babies were born to racial and ethnic minority mothers than to non-Hispanic white ...

Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

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.

Something occurred to me recently that I’d never thought of before: porcupine birth. Yeah. Ouch, right? Covered head to tail in sharp quills—that’s gotta pose a serious problem in the delivery room.

Are carnations your birth flower? Honeysuckle? Whether you’re aware of it or not, everyone has a birth flower (or in fact, two birth flowers) assigned based on their birth month. Like a zodiac sign or ...