From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something ...

"Even to this day, my friends sometimes comment 'Your mom and dad love you so much Amy,'" writes graphic designer Amy Sheehan ...

Denise Merker was so visibly shaken that court officers took the unusual step of providing her a chair to sit in as she appeared before the judge.