Ana Paula Vilela holds her dolls during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a ...

A mom of two, who has built an online following showcasing her lifelike reborn dolls, is sharing her heartbreak after ...

The lifelike dolls, known as reborn dolls, can help people grieving after pregnancy loss, serve as a form of therapy for ...

Influencers have staged birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the hand-crafted baby figures, known as “reborn” ...

To some, the dolls, known as reborn dolls, provide comfort, escape or just plain fun. But politicians across Brazil have tried to pass bills banning the dolls from public spaces. To some, the ...

Collectors have many reasons for buying the dolls, such as grieving after pregnancy loss or enjoying adult play, experts say "Culture is incredibly uncomfortable with grief and sadness and pain ...

Brazil is witnessing a unique cultural and political moment as hyper-realistic “reborn” baby dolls gain massive online popularity and stir heated discussions in legislative halls, according to ...

There are a myriad of reasons for women (and it's mostly women) to buy — or “adopt" — reborn dolls, but Stack says that primarily, people "just love babies and think they're cute." “You fall in love ...

There's a surprising link between infants taken to hospital in Brazil seeking medical help and a baby taken into parliament by a Brazilian politician: they're not real. Known as "reborn dolls ...