What Is Birth Tourism and How Common Is It?

The term refers to pregnant women who travel to the United States to give birth so that their baby can have American citizenship.
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Pregnant woman giving birth in jail keeps begging authorities for help — negligence leads to newborn’s death

A pregnant woman’s struggle in a New York jail cell will leave you stunned and inspire people to honor women a little more than usual. This is the story of an inmate named Cheree Byrd who gave birth ...
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Woman who gives birth mid-air creates major legal issue for baby

Giving birth on a flight is a pretty rare occurrence - after all, airlines prohibit pregnant women from travelling after a ...

What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?

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

Women were never meant to give birth on their backs

It's usually more dangerous for women to give birth lying down, so why do they? It's all because of a Frenchman who decided ...
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Women giving birth on the street is becoming more common in downtown Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — With the sheer number of people living unhoused in Portland, pregnancy and birth are becoming a more common facet of life on the streets. Since February, Portland Fire & Rescue says ...

Pregnant women in rural N.B. speak out after suspension of birth services at hospitals

Pregnant women who live in a rural region of New Brunswick have, once again, been asked to make plans to give birth at ...