The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one  
Podcast: Today in Focus
Published On: Mon Dec 29 2025
Description: The Free Birth Society (FBS) was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power: by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus