| Birthing a Movement Lib/E: Midwives, Law, and the Politics of Reproductive Care Contributor(s): Cramer, Renee Ann (Author), Ericksen, Susan (Read by) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798200158225 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: March 2021 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Reproductive Medicine & Technology - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Health & Fitness | Pregnancy & Childbirth |
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| Publisher Description: 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 across the country, she parses out the often-paradoxical priorities with which they must engage--seeking formal professionalization, advocating for reproductive justice, and resisting state-centered approaches. Currently, professional midwives are legal and regulated in their practice in thirty-two states and illegal in eight, where their practice could bring felony convictions and penalties that include imprisonment. In the remaining ten states, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are unregulated, but nominally legal. By studying states where CPMs have differing legal statuses, Cramer makes the case that midwives and their clients engage in various forms of mobilization--at times simultaneous, and at times inconsistent--to facilitate access to care, autonomy in childbirth, and the articulation of women's authority in reproduction. |