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Politics of Childbirth

Fierce Debate Over Midwifery Licensure

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on April 21, 2008 - 9:47am
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Currently, Missouri midwives must have a nursing degree and work under a doctor's supervision -- otherwise, they are committing a felony. A Senate bill under consideration would expand women's birthing options -- but the Missouri State Medical Association is fighting back.


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Birth Options Essential to Reproductive Justice

Erin Wilkins on January 31, 2008 - 9:38am
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The same oppressive cultural mechanisms that restrict women's abilities to make decisions about when to have children also affect their decisions regarding where, how, and with whom to birth those children.


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Speaking Up About Postpartum Depression

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on November 6, 2007 - 8:01am
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What new mothers don't know can hurt them. Postpartum depression can have a devastating effect but these women prove there can be a way out.


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For Labor Day, A Play Considers Childbirth

Miriam Pérez, NLIRH on September 13, 2007 - 9:41am
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Diverse women tell their birth stories in playwright Karen Brody's "Birth," now playing in New York City.


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Despite Advances, Childbirth Isn't Risk-Free

Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA on August 30, 2007 - 8:45am
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Childbirth is more dangerous than most Americans realize, but maternal health isn't an issue in the 2008 election.


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For Healthy Mothers, Value Women

Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on August 23, 2007 - 2:11pm
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Why is improving maternal health the "most elusive" of the UN Millennium Development Goals? Perhaps because it requires us to talk about how much societies value women.


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What's Natural About Childbirth?

Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean on August 17, 2007 - 10:18am
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States, not necessarily women, win when medical technology invades every aspect of pregnancy and childbirth.


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Home Delivery Video

Tyler LePard, PAI on June 22, 2007 - 8:49am
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The News & Observer features a terrific presentation from photojournalist Juli Leonard about a home birth with a local Midwife. Watch the video!

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Why Women Deliver? Why Now?

Jill Sheffield, Family Care International on June 21, 2007 - 9:00am
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Women Deliver marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the global Safe Motherhood Initiative. Its research led to impressive gains in many places, but there is still much more to be done to reduce maternal and newborn deaths.


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Sent Away: A New Look at Maternity Group Homes

Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check on June 21, 2007 - 9:00am
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Maternity group homes are not just a thing of the past. Many provide badly needed assistance to a vulnerable population. However, there is also reason to fear that some young women are being subjected to a variety of coercions under the guise of "choice."


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