The story of how the birth control pill was invented and...
As the FDA considers whether to make birth control pills available over the counter, some are looking back at the controversial history of the development of "the pill."
Birth workers in Kansas are addressing the state’s high rate of...
Kansas has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the U.S., and for Black babies the picture is especially dire. Birth workers are looking for ways to reduce the number of deaths.
Giving birth in Liberia? You might need to bring your own...
Yassah Levelah, a nurse from Liberia, started the "Comfort Closet" to provide supplies that pregnant women must bring to a public hospital to gain admission for childbirth. Currently earning a master's degree in social work at Temple University in Philadephia, Lavelah is stocking up on supplies to bring home for her charity project. At right:…
This Nigerian city has a high birth rate of twins —...
Twins Kehinde Adamolekun, left, and Taiwo Adamolekun, 28, attend the annual twins festival in Igbo-Ora South west Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption toggle caption Sunday Alamba/AP Twins Kehinde Adamolekun, left, and Taiwo Adamolekun, 28, attend the annual twins festival in Igbo-Ora South west Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Sunday Alamba/AP IGBO-ORA,…
In Arizona, Birth Workers Of Color Fight For More Access
Lakisa Muhammad at home in Maricopa, Ariz. Muhammad says Black birth workers like herself are "essentially soldiers on the battlefield" in a line of work that is more than 90% white. Caitlin O'Hara for NPR hide caption toggle caption Caitlin O'Hara for NPR Lakisa Muhammad at home in Maricopa, Ariz. Muhammad says Black birth workers…
Risks Of Home Birth Loom For Women in Rural Africa Amid...
A woman in labor in the maternity ward at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Globally, approximately half of all deliveries occur in the absence of the skilled care and supplies needed to treat complications like postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths. With lockdowns have come fears of even greater…
Her Own Birth Was ‘Fertility Fraud’ And Now She Needs Fertility...
When Heather Woock was conceived, her mom sought the help of a fertility specialist. What happened next was not what she was led to believe. But it took three decades for it to come to light. Leah Klafczynski for NPR hide caption toggle caption Leah Klafczynski for NPR When Heather Woock was conceived, her mom…
How to Assist a Household That Has a Child in the...
When Tiffany Brosius was 26 weeks pregnant, her feet began to swell. But the 37-year-old Atlanta mother says she didn’t think too much about it. After all, swelling in pregnancy is common. But then it started to travel up her body, so Brosius went to her provider where she discovered that she was experiencing preeclampsia—dangerously…
Twin Birth Rate Drops For Very First Time Because The ’80...
Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization led the twin birth rate to rise from the early '80s. Now the rate has started to decline among white women. JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization led the twin birth rate to rise from the early '80s. Now…
How a Female’s Contraception Implant Wound Up in Her Lung
A woman's birth control implant that went missing from its proper place in her arm turned up in her lung, according to a new report of the case. The 31-year-old woman, who lives in Portugal, had a birth control implant inserted into her upper arm in 2017, according to the report, published July 9 in the journal…
