reproductive rights

Do We Still Need a Childbirth Movement?

The childbirth movement started in the 1950s from an out cry of parents that felt birth had to be changed. Back then women were literally being medicated, tied down with straps, and left alone to labor for hours. Fathers were excluded from attending the births of their babies. An article written in the Ladies Home … Read moreDo We Still Need a Childbirth Movement?

The Right to Give Birth

Eugenics

Is conceiving and giving birth to children a fundamental right?   What are the consequences when that right is taken away? Perhaps the most important question is why anyone would presume to have the authority to deprive an individual of their reproductive rights. In the United States in 1907, Indiana became the first of more than … Read moreThe Right to Give Birth