Decades of scientific studies on prenatal exposure to drugs make it clear: forced family separation, especially among newborns, causes long-term trauma for children and families. We are here to fight for your family. Register to learn more at bit.ly/CAPTA-TEACH-IN

It’s time to make shift happen and help more black moms reclaim their joy and reinstate their peace of mind. Join us as we advocate for change during Black Maternal Mental Health Week. #BMMHW2021 #encouragingblackjoy #wedeservemore

Thank you National Partnership and @BirthEquity for your new report underscoring the urgent need for key #Momnibus investments to comprehensively address the drivers of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States. nationalpartnership.org/our-work/healt…

Pregnancy loss should be met with: Care, Support, Research, Compassion, Solidarity, & Paid Leave. The #SupportThroughLoss Act by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley & Tammy Duckworth would do just that.

After a miscarriage or stillbirth, people need time and space to grieve and heal. Too often they face shame, suspicion, and even criminalization for their pregnancy outcomes. Thank you Ayanna Pressley for focusing on the needs of people who have experienced pregnancy loss.

"In a CA study, more than 1 in 10 Black mothers said they were treated unfairly in the hospital when giving birth because of their race or ethnicity…just 1% of White women raised these same issues" cnn.com/2021/07/14/opi…

How to realize bodily autonomy for all? Joia Crear Perry talks about the root of personal bodily autonomy and what that looks like in the future at the #HLPF side event on bodily autonomy: unf.pa/hl21

I say this all the time tho. We don't study reproductive justice enough in these spaces and it shows.

Important data based on people’s experiences. It finds discussions of risk with pregnant people emphasize risks to the fetus over those to pregnant people, dismiss the ability of pregnant people to manage complexity and nuance, and center blame for risk on pregnant conduct.

Yet another racist & nonsensical race norm that treats Black patients differently than other human beings—& harms them. Guidelines defining anemia for pregnant patients assume Black people have lower iron levels, so are less likely to detect their anemia!penntoday.upenn.edu/news/using-rac…

📣 UPDATE! We’ve filed an updated Motion to Dismiss the charges against our client Kim Blalock, the AL mother charged with prescription fraud for taking prescribed pain medication during her pregnancy. (1/3)

Midwife autonomy is about birthing people having real choices. If midwifery is under physician supervision, the options, practices & knowledge of birth captured by midwives will be lost. People deserve access to providers deeply skilled in physiologic birth, & that means CPMs.

The maternal mortality rate for Black women in NJ is 7X that of white women. They are also more likely 2 have their babies taken by CPS. A universal nurse home visitation program is a great way to reduce the former but must be disconnected from the latter. nytimes.com/2021/07/29/nyr…

In the COVID-19 pandemic, ICM supports zero separation of mothers from their babies to facilitate breastfeeding. #WBW2021 #breastfeeding #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #ProtectBreastfeeding #SharedResponsibility

As NAPW's Dana Sussman explains in AL.com, we filed a motion to dismiss the charges against our client, an Alabama mother, charged with prescription fraud for not telling her doctor she was pregnant. (1/2)

Minnesota to let pregnant people serve sentences with their babies, setting precedent nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/on… via @nbcnews w/ @jbeckerfinn Safia Khan MNPrisonDoulaProject