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STUDY: 51% percent of BIPOC respondents received nonconsented procedures — such as epidural or drugs to speed their labor— that they did not consent to. The corresponding figure for white people was 36% #ObstetricViolence latimes.com/science/story/…

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Sara Lindberg is pursuing a human rights complaint against Dr. Rick Mentz and the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia for the anti-fat discrimination that deprived her of the same standard of care afforded to people with lower BMIs. thetyee.ca/News/2022/07/1…

"When we walked into our bay at the NICU, we saw someone else’s name on the feeding bottle. We asked the nurse and she lied right away." - St. Joe's Toronto NICU Unity Health Toronto obstetricjustice.org/community-stor…

"I had chosen a home birth to stay out of the hospital... but now I was being threatened by this midwife in my home with the same violence I was already trying to avoid." New #ObstetricViolence story submission on the blog: obstetricjustice.org/community-stor…

Today, we honour our sister Joyce Echaquan as we fight to protect the health and well-being of all our relations. NCIM is working to enact #JoycesPrinciple by fighting anti-Indigenous racism in health care and by advancing Indigenous midwifery education and practice.

Forceps severely injure 1 in 4 Canadian mothers when used in childbirth: study. Click on the image below to read more ↓ ctvnews.ca/health/forceps…

Now is the time to speak up for Palestine, including the 50,000 pregnant folks across Gaza! The UNFPA estimates about 5,500 due to give birth this month. Where will they go? instagram.com/p/Cyjhaqmg6L8/

Reproductive Justice is incompatible with genocide. Palestinian freedom is #ReproductiveJustice 🇵🇸 instagram.com/p/CynekdFgDm5/

One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.

Palestinian Liberation is #ReproductiveJustice instagram.com/p/CywWkJRAhMX/

Our joint statement (shorturl.at/dstA1), with 9 endorsing organizations, calls on CaRMS to initiate a full investigation into CBC article which reveals plans to target medical students & interfere with residency app. process due to signing HAP letter. #called2theoffice

It is no secret that students, residents, physicians, and others are being harassed for their human rights positions. The scope of this harassment is wide. I will dissect one such campaign, how it is executed, and why the template is so easy to repeat. Anatomy of a campaign. A 🧵