Tagged with Child Birth

Biting the Apple: The Impossibility of Postmodern Innocence

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Mary's ability to reproduce asexually occurred through divine intervention, but today we are able to create new life through human intervention.  Sex and reproduction have been uncoupled, troubling commonly held and often heterosexist notions of gender, sexuality, family, and kinship.  (more)

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Midwifery and Magic in Uganda

Jennifer Braun
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Working in Uganda raised new security issues, and our clinic was targeted. It's tricky to defend yourself in a society that turns to fire sorcery to settle scores. (more)

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Onward to Afghanistan: Midwifery in A Warzone

Jennifer Braun
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How many friends do you have who died in childbirth? Can you imagine one in seven, as it would be if you lived in northern Afghanistan? What does "reproductive freedom" mean in an environment where mothers are dying in childbirth on a regular basis? (more)

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Midwifery is Messy

Jennifer Braun
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My journey from lobbying to legalize midwifery in Colorado ("No, Senator, we don't deliver babies to sacrifice to Satan") to being a "spiritual midwife" in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Uganda. (more)

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