"Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care
Crisis reveals hard truths- powerful findings on the role of
racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures
undermining breastfeeding and the lack of access to alternatives to
a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black
women's birth experiences." -Kimberly Seals Allers, MS, author, The
Big Letdown "This book clearly lays out the barriers facing Black
families, but it also offers solutions. I think every professional
who works with parents and babies of any color should read this
book." -Sharon Muza, BS, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
"Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for
understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United
States, a country where black women's lives-and the lives they
create-are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of
non-black women ... By distilling the common and diverse threads
from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a
multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as
important and central to optimal birth experiences. Their
recommendations for improving care and outcomes are grounded in
black women's authoritative knowledge. ... This wonderful,
important, necessary research by and for black women points in the
direction that black women think we should go to ensure they have
safe, healthy, and satisfying birth experiences and outcomes. We
need to listen and act." -Christine Morton, PhD, author, Birth
Ambassadors: Doulas and the Re-Emergence of Woman-Supported Birth
in America Black Women Birthing Justice is a collective of
African-American, African, Caribbean and multiracial women who are
committed to transforming birthing experiences for black women and
transfolks. Our vision is that every pregnant person should have an
empowering birthing experience, free of unnecessary medical
interventions and forced separation from their child. Our goals are
to educate, to document birth stories and to raise awareness about
birthing alternatives. We aim to challenge human rights violations,
rebuild confidence in our ability to give birth, and decrease
disproportionate maternal and infant mortality.
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