In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers
When the holistic practitioner Emma Cardinal, 32, became pregnant in…
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The Guardian view on birth influencers: the public need protecting from bad advice | Editorial ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Our investigation of the Free Birth Society points to problems with maternity care and the role played by technology
Despite all the proven advances of modern medicine, some people are drawn to altern…
77 days ago
Exposed: the business linked to baby deaths across the world | The Latest ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A year-long investigation into the Free Birth Society reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors.
Lucy Hough talks to th…
78 days ago
The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes an extreme version of free birth, meaning women giving birth without medical assistance. The Guardian can now reveal that …
79 days ago
The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly co…
80 days ago
‘There’s no longer a heartbeat’: the couple whose twins were stillborn – and the ‘birth keeper’ they blame ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Soon-to-be parents hired a woman they believed would act as a licensed midwife. But she in fact belonged to a radical society that was linked to baby deaths around the world
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86 days ago
Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers ○
Women in Ireland and the UK linked to Free Birth Society among scores around world to have suffered loss or serious harm after births
Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the world
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90 days ago
Six great reads: the Beatles’ ‘eras’, lost living rooms, and the Free Birth Society ⊕⊕
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days
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NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity ⊕⊕
Exclusive: NHS websites pointed women to factsheet featuring podcast by ‘dangerous’ influencers linked to baby deaths
• Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the world
The NHS has bee…
Five key findings from our investigation into the Free Birth Society ⊕⊕
Year-long investigation into multimillion-dollar business exposed serious concerns, from dangerous medical claims to FBS-linked stillbirths
• Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around th…