Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.
When 27-year-old activist Erica Garner died on December 30, 2017, many of us grieved the tragic loss of another Black mother. Because I founded the National Birth Equity Collaborative, media reached...
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Home Birth: Out of Reach for Appalachians
Lena Cerbone, a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) based in Morgantown, West Virginia, feels proud to participate in what she believes to be one of the oldest professions in the world. “Someone had to be...
View ArticleNew York Legislators, Advocates Call Out Trump’s Efforts to Suppress...
New York legislators rallied Monday against United States delegates opposing a resolution to encourage breastfeeding at the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May. “We should not be bullying other...
View ArticleTwerking While Pregnant: Joie Chavis Is Not Going to ‘Shake That Baby Out’
This weekend, Instagram and Facebook users dragged choreographer, professional dancer, and fitness model Joie Chavis for a video in which she got her dance on, with pregnant belly exposed. Social media...
View ArticleIn Appalachia, Women Put Their Bodies on the Line for the Land
Ollie Combs, a 61-year-old widow in Knott County, Kentucky, sat in front of bulldozers with her two sons at her side. It was 1965. Determined to not let the coal industry strip-mine her family land,...
View ArticleHow a Fake Doctor’s Coney Island Sideshows and Chutzpah Revolutionized...
In the summer of 1933, barkers at the Chicago World’s Fair screamed, “Don’t forget to see the babies!” and lured visitors to a pavilion with nurses and rows of incubators containing very small infants....
View ArticleNew York Governor Cuomo Should Not Play Politics With Black Maternal Health
Shortly after the very first national Black Maternal Health Week, founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced his intentions to address high rates of...
View ArticleFor Black Undocumented Immigrants, Cost May Be Major Barrier to Maternal Care
Prudence Powell says that being a Black immigrant mother in the United States requires incredible resilience, and sometimes that means “suffering in silence.” The Philadelphia resident experienced this...
View ArticleThere’s Nothing ‘Pro-Life’ About Denying Migrants Rights and Dignity
When my son was born, my life changed forever. While my birth was complicated, I remain ever-grateful to my partner, doula, and midwife for their compassionate care and support. My son was a joyous...
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‘Shifting the Culture of Care’: A Q&A With Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of...
Known as one of the mothers of reproductive justice, Loretta Ross asserted in her 2017 book, Reproductive Justice: An Introduction, that not only do Black women need access to abortion, “we also needed...
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