birth justice

Our Bodies Ourselves celebrated International Day of the Midwife with the Bay State Birth Coalition on May 5, 2026.

The Boston Neighborhood Network discusses racial inequities in Black maternal health care, and what we can do about this public health crisis.

A network of indigenous doulas in Washington shows how Indigenous knowledge and experience foster healthier pregnancies and birth outcomes within Native communities.

We have the right to form and raise families in safe, healthy environments that are free of toxic chemicals. This fact sheet from “In Our Own Voice” shows how reproductive justice and environmental justice intersect.

Scholar, educator, and poet LeConté Dill collaborated with two doulas -- anthropologist Dána-Ain Davis and illustrator Cheyenne Varner to share this birth story about obstetric violence and medical racism.

Our Bodies Ourselves has long advocated for greater access to midwifery care in all birth settings. Today we continue our midwifery advocacy work, much of it in collaboration with the Bay State Birth Coalition.

This podcast episode from Sexing History explores the history of advocacy of Black doulas, midwives, and other birth attendants.

Jennie Joseph, a Black certified professional midwife, an educator, and a Time 2022 Woman of the Year, discusses her calling to midwifery.

Six Black midwives share their insights and experiences in the face of today's worsening maternal and infant mortality rates.

Specific policy recommendations for addressing the global climate crisis that would also reduce health risks to pregnant people.

This article outlines the four cornerstones of medical ethics and how birth care providers might practice them when working with non-binary, trans, and queer families.

EH shares her experience of trying to get pregnant while working at Planned Parenthood during a time when the organization was the target of violence.