Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

📘 Book Details

• Author: Alicia D. Bonaparte

• Publisher: Routledge

• Language: English

• Edition: 1

• ISBN: 9781138191457

• Pages: 246

• Cover: Paperback

• Release Date: 22-12-2015

• Dimensions: 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

• Illustrations: 8 colour illustrations, 2 black & white

📝 About The Book

Alicia D. Bonaparte's Birth Justice: Black Women’s Reproductive Rights in the U.S. addresses the global crisis in maternal healthcare for Black women, a crisis that results in Black women being over three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts. The book explores the disparities that contribute to these stark statistics and highlights the urgent need for reform within the maternity system.

Through a blend of scholarly analysis, activist insight, and personal narratives, Bonaparte amplifies Black women’s voices in the discourse on birth justice, emphasizing their agency in challenging a broken healthcare system. The book advocates for a more inclusive approach to maternal healthcare, focusing on empowerment, alternative birthing traditions, and systemic change.

As part of the growing birth justice movement, this book not only critiques current practices but also encourages readers to take action—showing how individual efforts can lead to transformational change in maternal health, one birth at a time. A compelling call for justice and equality in the healthcare system, this work is vital for activists, scholars, and anyone interested in reproductive rights and social justice.