If You Give a Law Student a Baby
If you give a law student a baby, a few things are inevitable: they are going to look for legal risk, analyze policy, and want a class on MILK.
Childbirth
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Read more: Regulatory Barriers Present Challenges for At-home Birth Regulatory Barriers Present Challenges for At-home Birth
A broad vision of reproductive health would include a world in which women are able to choose how, where, and with whom they give birth.
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Read more: Colorado Passes Landmark Birth Equity Bill Package Colorado Passes Landmark Birth Equity Bill Package
This month, activists in Colorado succeeded in passing a sweeping package of bills designed to address inequities in the obstetric system.
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Read more: Court Upholds Manslaughter Charge of Pregnant Mother For Death of Her Baby Court Upholds Manslaughter Charge of Pregnant Mother For Death of Her Baby
By Alexa Richardson A woman whose hours-old baby was dying admitted to her care providers that she had abused prescription and over-the-counter medications shortly before the birth. This summer, in United States v. Flute, 929 F.3d 584 (2019), the Eighth Circuit held that she could be charged with federal manslaughter for the death of her…
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Read more: Birth Plans as Advance Directives Birth Plans as Advance Directives
By Nadia N. Sawicki There is growing public recognition that women’s autonomy rights during labor and delivery are being routinely violated. Though such violations rarely rise to the level of egregious obstetric violence I described in an earlier blog post, women recognize that hospital births, even for the most low-risk pregnancies, often involve cascades of…