A powerful exploration of Black women's birthing experiences in the U.S., addressing racism and systemic maternal health crises.
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A powerful exploration of Black women's birthing experiences in the U.S., addressing racism and systemic maternal health crises.
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"Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis reveals hard truths- powerful findings on the role of racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures undermining breastfeeding and the lack of access to alternatives to a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black women's birth experiences." -Kimberly Seals Allers , MS, author, The Big Letdown "This book clearly lays out the barriers facing Black families, but it also offers solutions. I think every ...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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No sexual content depicted. Sexual coercion in medical settings during birth.
Violence & gore
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Minor references to medical trauma during childbirth.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Moderate focus on trans and nonbinary birthing experiences.
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Major focus on systemic racism and maternal health disparities.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Major themes of systemic suffering and racial injustice in healthcare. Sexual coercion in medical settings during birth.
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