It’s troubling that we’re actually hitting record low here when it comes to fertility in America,” sociologist Brad Wilcox ...

Ireland began excavating remains of up to 800 infants buried for decades in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers – one of the so-called "Magdalene Laundries." ...

Excavations begin today of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of containing the remains of hundreds ...

Catholic nuns ran an institution there between 1925 and 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and been shunned by their families.

"Mother-and-baby homes" were institutions in Ireland where unmarried pregnant women and their children were housed. They were characterised by harsh conditions, high mortality rates and a lack of ...

Evangelical Christians are a fervent force in ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ Petra Costa’s bracing film on Brazil’s upheavals.

A new law allows trans Cubans to update their identification cards by request without providing proof of genital surgery.

Italy has ignited international debate by moving to criminalize surrogacy beyond its borders. In July 2025, the country's ...

Excavations have begun at the site of a former mother and baby home in western Ireland, suspected of containing the remains of hundreds of infants and young children.

Spain was the third country in the world, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to equate marriage with same-sex unions.