labor and delivery
Drawing Attention to Poor Maternal Health Outcomes in the U.S.
May 2, 2011 - 9:52pm (Print)
I am concerned about the lack of coverage for the daily violation of women’s rights that occurs on the labor and delivery unit.
Study: C-Section Rates To Keep Rising?
by Amie Newman
August 30, 2010 - 5:23pm (Print)
A new study in the American Journal of Obsetrics and Gynecology finds that not only do one out of every three births in this country occur via cesarean section, the rate is expected to rise. These findings come with frightening consequences for women and their newborns.
A Man's Perspective on Midwifery and Gender
by Peter Johnson, American College of Nurse-Midwives
October 7, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
Long Past Due: Constitution Protects Women in Prison from Unsafe Shackling During Childbirth
by Diana Kasdan, American Civil Liberties Union
October 6, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
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.
In Labor and In Chains
by Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights
October 6, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
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.
Memo to ALL: “Personhood” Measures Really Will Hurt ALL Pregnant Women
by Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
August 5, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
