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Divine intervention has occurred many times on my birth justice journey, my second act after retiring in 2016 from a career as an OB-GYN. On ...

My journey to an affirming birth experience was anything but a straight line. It began back in 2007, before concepts like supportive birth teams for ...

I’ve always wanted to have children, but that desire came with doubts. What would giving birth be like? Could I bear it? In my twenties, ...

  This Obstetrician Recommends Midwifery Care: But Why are Midwives in Short Supply? By Leslie Farrington, MD, Cofounder of Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood In ...

Reclaim the Joy, Hope and Spirituality of Birth – Grow the Black Birth Workforce The April 2021 Love Letter to Black birthing people provides a ...

  OV is Mistreatment or Disrespect by medical personnel during Labor or Birth The Giving Voice to Mothers Study 2700 US Women Surveyed One in ...

  My grandmother, Edith Farrington, died of a pregnancy-related complication at Queens General Hospital in New York City almost 100 years ago. Last week I ...

  White supremacist ideology has influenced scientific research from the 1700’s to the present. The evidence abounds in the subjects and topics ‘researched,’ the language ...

  Americans who read The Unequal Distribution of Health in the Smithsonian Magazine may be shocked to learn that US women today are 50% more ...