Birth in Rape Culture
Obstetric violence culture is a part of rape culture, where sexual violence, especially against women, is normalized.
Obstetric violence culture is a part of rape culture, where sexual violence, especially against women, is normalized.
Spanish lawyers have filed claims against the state related to the violations of their clients’ human rights in childbirth–with themes of abuse in birth common around the globe.
“I interrupted and said ‘she said stop, take your hand out of her vagina right now, she said stop!’”
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.