Birthing a Movement: Midwives, Law, and the Politics of Reproductive Care

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 ...