Tag: Maternal Health
Fearing Legal Threats, Doctors Are Performing C-Sections in Lieu of Abortions
Some physicians are doing unnecessary and invasive surgery on pregnant patients “to preserve the appearance of not doing an abortion.”
Surgeons performing a “classic cesarean section.”
(Photo: Natthawon Chaosakun via Shutterstock)
When news that Lizelle Gonzalez was suing the local prosecutor’s office for more than $1 million in damages, after being falsely imprisoned for murder over an attempted self-managed abortion in 2022, reproductive rights advocates cheered the move as a pathway to justice for the wrongfully charged southern
How the “Lactonomy” Is Rigged Against Parents, Children, and Birth Workers
As the cracks widen in our nation’s safety net systems, more birthing people, and the community birth workers that support them, are being set up to fail.
Long before enough people in the media cared to draw attention to the crisis of birthing while Black in America, community birth workers have been saving lives through high-quality, community-based perinatal support programs. For decades, doulas, perinatal community health workers, and lactation consultants have been recreating ancestral models
My Breastfeeding Journey Would Not Have Been Possible Without My Abortions
Because my abortions allowed me to become a parent when the timing was right, I was equipped to overcome the barriers to breastfeeding in a way that many new working parents are not.
I remember my son’s first latch—the moment when we first connected and I felt the bliss
The Collapse of This Texas Health Care Program Is Putting Women’s Lives in Danger
Mondays are Access Esperanza’s busiest days. Some of the women who come seeking care may wait for a couple of hours but, CEO Patricio Gonzales said, “We do not turn away patients.” For his clients—most low-income and uninsured—waiting is worth it because the services are
Jaime Herrera Beutler’s Lasting Regret
Among the things Jaime Herrera Beutler remembers about January 6, 2021, is that her husband managed to turn off the television just in time.
He was at home with their three young children in southwestern Washington State when the riot began. It had taken him a few moments to make out the shaky footage of the mob as it tore through the Capitol. Then he started to recognize the hallways, the various corridors that he knew led to the House
