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A Mother’s Journey to Birthing Autonomy
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 …
Birthing in Empowerment
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, I …
Obstetrician Recommends Midwifery Care
This Obstetrician Recommends Midwifery Care: But Why are Midwives in Short Supply? By Leslie Farrington, MD, Cofounder of Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood In 2014 …
Reclaim the Joy, Hope and Spirituality of Birth – Grow the Black Birth Workforce
Reclaim the Joy, Hope and Spirituality of Birth – Grow the Black Birth Workforce The April 2021 Love Letter to Black birthing people provides a …
Birth Trauma Due to Obstetric Violence
OV is Mistreatment or Disrespect by medical personnel during Labor or Birth The Giving Voice to Mothers Study 2700 US Women Surveyed One in 6 …
Black Joy and Hope vs Fear of Giving Birth
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 and the Helping Professions
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 and …
Obstetric Supremacy vs Respectful Maternity Care
Americans who read The Unequal Distribution of Health in the Smithsonian Magazine may be shocked to learn that US women today are 50% more likely …
Spotlight on Racism in Medicine during a Pandemic – We have the Solutions
Spotlight on Racism in Medicine during a Pandemic – We have the Solutions On December 20 Dr. Susan Moore, a Black physician specializing in Family …
Western Medicine and the Health of the People of the African Diaspora
Though they belonged to a healing profession and pledged to “First do no harm”, physicians in the Antebellum: Worked at slave markets attesting to the …