Does The Medicalization Of Birth Harm Mothers?
Since the 1920s—and especially after World War II—the regulation and medicalization of childbirth has steered mothers away from midwives to physicians in…
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New California Law Addresses Racial Bias In Maternal Healthcare: Watch…
Soon, every maternal doctor and nurse in California will have to take implicit bias training. The new law is designed to improve awareness of the impact…
March for Moms, #MeToo, Birth Trauma, And Ending Medical Model Patriarchy
Dawn Thompson of Improving Birth and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor, connect the dots between America's failed maternal health, the patriarchal medical…
Improving Birth/Consumers Welcome Recognition by Medical Community of…
Improving Birth, the largest U.S. consumer advocacy organization for better maternity care, commends the editors of the Annals of Internal Medicine for their…
New Study Finds Epidurals and Other Birth Interventions Increase Risk of…
A new article published in Clinical Lactation addresses potential negative outcomes of epidurals and other birth interventions. Birth Interventions Related to…