LEADER 03733nam 2200565 450 001 9910554225803321 005 20211112122030.0 010 $a1-5036-1450-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9781503614505 035 $a(CKB)4100000011612009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6407276 035 $a(DE-B1597)575434 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503614505 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011612009 100 $a20210313d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBirthing a movement $emidwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care /$fRene?e Ann Cramer 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (290 pages) $cillustrations 311 1 $a1-5036-0983-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tTABLE OF CONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 History and Status of Midwives in the United States --$t2 Modern and Professional --$t3 Mostly Happy Accidents --$t4 Rights, Rules, and Regulation --$t5 Catching Babies and Catching Hell --$t6 Deep Transformations, Deep Contradictions --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aRich, personal stories shed light on midwives at the frontier of women's reproductive rights. Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In Birthing a Movement, Renée Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care. Framed by gripping narratives from midwives across the country, she parses out the often-paradoxical priorities with which they must engage-seeking formal professionalization, advocating for reproductive justice, and resisting state-centered approaches. Currently, professional midwives are legal and regulated in their practice in 32 states and illegal in eight, where their practice could bring felony convictions and penalties that include imprisonment. In the remaining ten states, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are unregulated, but nominally legal. By studying states where CPMs have differing legal statuses, Cramer makes the case that midwives and their clients engage in various forms of mobilization-at times simultaneous, and at times inconsistent-to facilitate access to care, autonomy in childbirth, and the articulation of women's authority in reproduction. This book brings together literatures not frequently in conversation with one another, on regulation, mobilization, health policy, and gender, offering a multifaceted view of the experiences and politics of American midwifery, and promising rich insights to a wide array of scholars, activists, healthcare professionals alike. 606 $aMidwives$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSocial movements$zUnited States 606 $aMidwives$zUnited States$xLegal status, laws, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aBirth. 610 $aLegal Consciousness. 610 $aLegal Mobilization. 610 $aMidwives. 610 $aRegulation. 610 $aReproductive Justice. 615 0$aMidwives$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial movements 615 0$aMidwives$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a344.730415 700 $aCramer$b Rene?e Ann$4aut$01196470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554225803321 996 $aBirthing a movement$92819004 997 $aUNINA