Today, Ali Muldrow continues her reproductive justice series with doulas from Cooperativa Raíces para el Cambio/Roots4Change Cooperative to talk about pregnancy, giving birth, and postpartum experiences in the Indigenous and […]
Men Have a Role to Play in Reproductive Justice, Too
For today’s show, host Ali Muldrow speaks with Dr. Brian Nguyen, OB/GYN and founder of the EMERGE Lab who describes himself as “an advocate for women’s health and voice for […]
All Pregnancy Care Just Got Harder
Even before this summer’s landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, many pregnant patients were not receiving the care they need. Cultural, social, and economic environments shape how people […]
25 Years Later, Wisconsin’s Act 292 Law is Still on the Books
When Tammy Loertscher entered the Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire in 2014, she was looking for help with a thyroid issue. She told her doctor that she had been self-medicating […]
Let’s Talk Birth Control
The national conversation about reproductive justice has been ramping up since Texas’s new abortion ban came into effect earlier this month. But the injustices of reproductive politics start with birth […]
Pregnancy and Parenting During a Pandemic
Social work professor Tova Walsh interviewed dozens of mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic. She herself had a baby in March 2020, just as Wisconsin’s stay-at-home orders went […]