Alabama Archives - Birth Monopoly

An Experience of Racism: As a Patient, Employee, and Advocate

by Cristen Pascucci | Jul 9, 2021 | Alabama, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, Obstetric Violence, Trauma | 1 comment

As the world begins to find its way back to normalcy, it saddens me that the COVID-19 pandemic is still having devastating effects on the Black community. But as a Black woman who is a victim of healthcare discrimination and mistreatment myself, I have to admit I am...

Meet Your New Hero: Senator Vivian Davis Figures Tells the Truth About Birth Choice in Alabama

by Cristen Pascucci | May 20, 2017 | Advocacy, Alabama, All, The Birth Monopoly | 1 comment

Sen. Vivian Davis Figures drops a truth bomb in the Alabama legislature: “Who do you think birthed your ancestors. Uneducated slaves, ok? They were midwives.”

Ep. 5 – A Doula Watches Culture Shift in Alabama, Assault in Labor & Delivery

by Cristen Pascucci | Apr 24, 2017 | Alabama, Birth Allowed Radio | 0 comments

Cristen speaks with an anonymous doula in Alabama who describes the cultural shift that is happening there slowly, but where maternity care is still largely disempowering and even, at times, physically and emotionally violating.

An Experience of Racism: As a Patient, Employee, and Advocate

Meet Your New Hero: Senator Vivian Davis Figures Tells the Truth About Birth Choice in Alabama

Ep. 5 – A Doula Watches Culture Shift in Alabama, Assault in Labor & Delivery

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