Birthing Justice

Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

Alicia D. Bonaparte, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Alicia Bonaparte, Julia Oparah, Alicia D. Bonaparte, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Alicia Bonaparte, Julia Oparah

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781000922806
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery
• Index: Social Sciences

The second edition of this pathbreaking, widely taught book offers six new chapters, on breastfeeding and Black infant health; Black birthing during COVID; Black doulas rethinking birthing practices; the recent buildup of a US national movement; childbirth in Zanzibar; and expanding the global movement for sexual and reproductive well-being. Other chapters are updated throughout. Birthing Justice puts Black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternal care system. It foregrounds Black women's agency in the birth justice movement. First published in 2016, Birthing Justice is a seminal text for those interested in maternal healthcare, reproductive justice, health equity, and intersectional racial justice, especially in courses on gender studies, Black studies, public health, and training programs for midwives and OB/GYNs. Additional resources and a reading group guide are available at www.blackwomenbirthingjustice.com.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of figures
• About the contributors
• Foreword to the First Edition, by Shafia Monroe
• Foreword to the First Edition, by Jeanne Flavin
• Foreword to the Second Edition, by Alicia D. Bonaparte
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Beyond Coercion and Malign Neglect: Black Women and the Struggle for Birth Justice
• Section I Birthing Histories
• Section II Beyond Medical versus Natural: Redefining Birth Injustice
• Section III Changing Lives, One Birth at a Time
• Section IV Taking Back Our Power: Organizing for Birth Justice
• Index