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Best Practices
This last episode of American Dreams: Reproductive Justice is about the best practices for achieving healthy pregnancies and births, and that involves working together...
Midwives and Reproductive Justice
Ashlee Hernanz Alvarez was 18 when she had her first daughter, Mimi. She was on Medicaid, and went to the only public hospital in Southern Nevada. She was not treated ...
Birth Stories, Part 2
Three women tell the stories of their traumatic experiences giving birth.Amy Courts Koopman wanted a natural birth, despite a family history of pregnancy complications...
Birth Stories
Three women tell the stories of their traumatic experiences giving birth.Amy Courts Koopman wanted a natural birth, despite a family history of pregnancy complications...
Criminalization of Pregnancy
Personhood. It's a concept pushed by anti-abortion activists that says fetuses are people, who deserve rights - often at the expense of the pregnant woman. We look at...
Nazis, Eugenicists and the History of Controlling "Deviance"
The U.S. has a dark history of "Master Race" thinking - which the Nazis studied and learned from. In this episode, we look at eugenics, forced sterilization and suprem...
Reproductive INjustice
Reproductive justice cures the injustices birthing people face. In this episode, we explore the historic and current challenges to reproductive health, safety and auto...
The Birth of a Movement
Reproductive Justice was an idea birthed in 1994, by 12 Black women who felt unseen by the white establishment. We talked to two of those women, as well as women worki...