{
  "id": 15809839,
  "title": "Influencers are helping 'free birth' gain fans, despite medical risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/influencers-are-helping-free-birth-gain-fans-despite-medical-risks",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T21:51:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/20/nx-s1-6003853/influencers-are-helping-free-birth-gain-fans-despite-medical-risks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The practice known as \"free birth\" — giving birth at home without a midwife — carries severe risks. But social media influencers are bringing attention and followers to the practice.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}