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“This movement isn’t about natural birth vs. medicated birth.

It’s not about hospital birth vs. home birth or birth center birth.

It’s about women being capable of making safer, more informed decisions about their care and that of their babies, when they are given full and accurate information about their care options, including the potential harms, benefits, and alternatives.

Then, within that choice, they are treated with dignity and compassion.”

~ Dawn Thompson, Founder of ImprovingBirth.org

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Bringing Evidence-Based Care and Humanity to Childbirth

What is Evidence-based Maternity Care?

Evidence-based maternity care means practices that have been shown by the highest quality, most current medical evidence to be most beneficial to mothers and babies (reducing incidences of injuries, complications, and death), with care tailored to the individual.


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Induction, C-Section, & VBAC Facts

Artificial induction and surgical birth (c-section) can be necessary and life-saving interventions. We encourage every woman to understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to these procedures so that they can make fully informed decisions.


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Your Rights

In the Works:

  • A summary of your rights as a pregnant/childbearing woman
  • What those rights look like
  • How you can access those rights
  • Resources that include legal support and an emergency hotline

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