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Seth Rogen said Anne Hathaway left Knocked Up over a graphic birth scene concern, highlighting a notable casting choice in a 2007 comedy. Speaking with Olivia Wilde on The A24 Podcast, Rogen confirmed ...

The host questioned whether the decision had anything to do with the film’s well-known birth scene. “Yeah, I mean… it could have been a hundred million things. That was what I remember being told,” ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland birth center is abruptly closing after employees said they have not been paid in nearly a month. Midwives at Andaluz Waterbirth Center KGW spoke with said the last time ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A birthing center in southwest Portland ended service after nearly 30 years, surprising midwives and mothers who expected to give birth there. Staff say Andaluz Waterbirth ...

Carrie Duncan has delivered at least 1,500 babies since she started working at Portland’s highly regarded Andaluz Waterbirth Center in 2001. This month will be her last as the center shuts down.

Birth rates have been declining worldwide since the peak of the post-Second World War baby boom. Birth rates have now reached below replacement in most of the world, including Australia. Put simply, ...

The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from ...

April 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‌showed on Thursday.

The nation’s fertility rates hit record lows in 2025 as childbearing continued to shift toward older women, according to new federal data released Thursday. For the sixth straight year, the number of ...

The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, continuing decades of decline, according to a report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. "A 7% decline is really ...