Birthing a Movement - Midwives, Law, and the Politics of Reproductive Care - Bog af Renee Ann Cramer - Paperback
Rich, personal stories shed light on midwives at the frontier of women's reproductive rights.Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In Birthing a Movement, Renée Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care. Framed by gripping narratives from midwives..