Governor Maura Healey is seeking to restrict who has access to Massachusetts birth records, death certificates, and marriage ...

The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on ...

Will you tell me my father’s name?” I asked her. She said no. "Will you tell me your name?" A long pause. I waited, hopeful.

Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a ...

A new development in Virginia is bringing long-awaited change for adoptees.

Doubara Angel Smile mourned her sister, Ere Siana Sintei Ogbachi, who passed away after giving birth to triplets, leaving ...

Prayagraj: In a significant judgment, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that a minor discrepancy in date of birth across ...

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FORENSIC examiners on Tuesday said handwritten entries on several acknowledgement receipts tied to alleged beneficiaries of ...

Are we going to 'literally concrete over' the sufferings of children and grieving mothers failed by Church and State?

The Florida Department of Health has filed an administrative complaint against Wesley Chapel midwife Sizzly Auer after a ...

After completing its first impeachment hearing on the alleged misuse of P612.5 million in confidential funds, the House ...