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Of 23 people eligible for the program so far, four have been approved.

What could have been, had the biomedical model not been held up as the only legitimate pathway to healing?

More than half of all Minnesotans have had one or more ACEs, according to the most recent Minnesota Department of Health study.

When we say we cannot afford quality child care for all, culturally supportive birth options, and fair housing, we are being disingenuous. What we are saying is that we prefer to spend the money in other ways.

From 2013 to 2020, women imprisoned while pregnant had not committed a new crime — 77 percent had been incarcerated for a technical violation, such as violating parole by not checking in with a probation officer.

Increase in Midwife Care Could Result in Savings Childbirth is the most common and most costly reason for hospitalization in

“For Black women in America, an inescapable atmosphere of societal and systemic racism can create a kind of toxic physiological stress resulting in conditions, including hypertension and pre-eclampsia, that lead directly to higher rates of infant and maternal death.” — Linda Villarosa

In 2012, the Twin Cities had one of the highest per-capita populations of doulas in the country. Most of them

Jennifer Almanza has become the midwife she once looked for. “Our womb as female is connected to an entire line, an entire collective female body.”

For expectant mothers behind bars, Isis Rising offers much-needed support. “I absolutely believe that every single woman, regardless of her place in life or the choices she made, has the right to have a healthy, positive birth experience for herself and for her baby.”