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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com May 7, 2009 - 3:00pm
Thanks to a history of expansive access to midwifery care and a number of big legislative gains, low-income women in Washington State now have more birthing options than most women around the country.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com March 19, 2009 - 7:00am
Upwardly-mobile moms may finally be catching on to the benefits of midwifery and homebirth, but low-income women are still firmly planted in the hospital, most often with medicalized births overseen by doctors.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com July 7, 2008 - 7:00am
When the media covers the rising rate of c-section, it’s often ready to lay the blame at the feet of a woman we’re come to know well over the last few years -- the busy career mom scheduling her delivery between important business deals. But while some moms may be requesting surgical birth, research shows that has little to do with the overall increase in c-section rates nationwide.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com October 30, 2007 - 7:12am
During a time when abortion politics are the wedge issue dividing the social justice movement, some doulas are working across issue lines to provide women with the support they need for all their decisions.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com September 13, 2007 - 8:41am
Diverse women tell their birth stories in playwright Karen Brody's "Birth," now playing in New York City.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com May 31, 2007 - 7:50am
Why should members of the LGBTQI communities care about abortion rights? Because reproductive justice is about much more than abortion - and building a powerful movement requires diversity, respect and a clear vision of the ways in which we are all connected.
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