It saddens me how often writing around birth fails to look at the economic and political context in which we work. Yet that context so often determines what we see and write about. It influences the ideas that underpin research, books and comments on social media platf...

The story of Philomena Canning, another in a long line of midwives who have been unjustly disciplined or prosecuted for supporting women in childbirth.

Mavis Kirkham writes an appreciation of Mary Cronk (1932 -2018).

Helen Shallow reflects on her week and whether or not remaining ‘positive’ for the sake of midwives and women now constitutes a danger.

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