The Top 5 Posts of December 2020
Approximately 200,000 women in the U.S. are incarcerated a nearly 800 percent increase over the past forty years. An often overlooked aspect of the increasing rates of women’s incarceration is its impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health needs. In our top post this month, the Maternal Health Initiative’s Hannah Chosid writes about the overlooked needs and barriers to incarcerated women’s reproductive autonomy.
Sara Matthews continues the conversation on women’s sexual and reproductive health in our third top post featuring a conversation with Registered Māori Midwives, Camille Harris and Waimaire Onekawa, on their experiences as Indigenous midwives and the power of Indigenous birthing practices.