labor and delivery
By Peter Johnson, American College of Nurse-Midwives October 7, 2009 - 6:00am
It's National Midwifery Week! Today a male midwife asks how midwifery can guard against gender discrimination against male midwives while also honoring the rights of women who prefer female care providers.
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Using restraints on women in prison during labor and delivery is cruel, inhumane and degrading and rarely justified on security grounds. Our video profiles a woman shackled during childbirth.
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By Diana Kasdan, American Civil Liberties Union October 6, 2009 - 6:00am
Last week a federal Court of Appeals held for the first time that the Constitution protects pregnant women in prison from unnecessary and unsafe shackling during labor and childbirth. Our video answers FAQs on shackling.
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By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) August 5, 2009 - 7:00am
Organizations committed to advancing a true culture of life, one that values the women who give that life, should join us in opposing Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures.
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