A Call to Advocates: Compassion and Loss in Out-of-Hospital Birth
If we support out-of-hospital birth, we should welcome these opportunities for growth, even when they are uncomfortable.
How An Abortion Amendment Impacts Wanted Pregnancies and Birth
Alabama’s abortion amendment broadly extends state and medical authority over every stage of pregnancy and birth, potentially including how and where women give birth.
When Your Lawyer is Your Doula
“That doesn’t make sense, for her to wait until after she’s abused to call me. If she’s really worried about it, I can meet her at the hospital as her doula, and make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Physician Trauma: A Doctor Answers, Why Do We Sometimes Do Terrible Things?
Medicine is a culture of trauma, where well-intended folks are immersed in abusive and traumatizing training and then expected to care for others.
“Women are the ONLY stakeholders who matter.” Cristen Pascucci’s Speech at 2018 Kentucky March for Moms
These words came out of a growing sense of frustration that American leadership is so quick to blame women for what are actually systemic problems in maternity care.
Birth Trauma & Maternal Mental Health | Video
