Midwives? Doulas? Lactation Consultants? Obstetricians? The choice should be yours. All reproductive health professionals should have a shared vision: providing compassionate and patient-centered reproductive care that doesn’t discriminate.

Star August Ali (Black Midwifery Collective) and Cassaundra Jah (National Association of Certified Professional Midwives) join host Anton Gunn to discuss the U.S. health system’s racist past that nearly erased traditional midwifery and current state and federal advocacy efforts to support midwifery care. The panel also reimagines what honest relationships between midwives and obstetric providers could look like in a vulnerable healthcare system and shares real examples of those already doing the work.

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