Exposing the Role of Labor and Delivery Nurses as Active Bystanders in Preventing or Perpetuating Obstetric Violence
Read the first paper ever published on obstetric violence in the U.S.’ #1 perinatal nursing journal.
Fake Hospital Birth Centers: Sutter Health Bait & Switch?
Hospital advertising–using language about “choice,” “autonomy,” and respect for birth plans–has evolved along with the changing demands of a more informed birthing population… but how reliable are those promises?
Alabama Birth Centers: Action Call
Birth in Rape Culture
Obstetric violence culture is a part of rape culture, where sexual violence, especially against women, is normalized.
Secondary Trauma and Birth Advocacy
Secondary trauma, trauma experienced by those who witness the abuse of others, spills over into the lives of everyone who sees it, who is complicit in it, who is conflicted about their role in it, who fights with everything in them against it, who perpetrates it.
A Woman Provider Normalizes Obstetric Violence on Social Media
