by Cristen Pascucci | Sep 19, 2016 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, For Providers, Obstetric Violence, Sexual Trauma, Trauma |
The performance of medical procedures without consent on a competent adult is unethical, unprofessional, and possibly illegal. More specifically, when a medical or midwifery professional administers a procedure without the consent of the pregnant or laboring...
by Cristen Pascucci | May 2, 2016 | Advocacy, All, Birth Trauma, Obstetric Violence, Sexual Trauma, Trauma |
So what does a doula do when her client is being violated right in front of her?
by Cristen Pascucci | Nov 19, 2015 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, Obstetric Violence, Sexual Trauma, Trauma |
“As if birthing a baby isn’t hard enough, I gave birth while engaged in a physical struggle against the people I trusted to care for us.”
by Cristen Pascucci | Jun 30, 2014 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, Home Birth, Obstetric Violence, Out of hospital birth, Sexual Trauma, The Birth Monopoly, Trauma |
While some states are working hard to make maternity care safer, less expensive, and more humane, Arizona is going backwards, fast, led by its state Department of Health Services. New interpretation of existing state regulations that go into effect on July 1 impose...
