The Obstetric Justice Project

It is no secret that students, residents, physicians, and others are being harassed for their human rights positions. The scope of this harassment is wide. I will dissect one such campaign, how it is executed, and why the template is so easy to repeat. Anatomy of a campaign. A 🧵

Our joint statement (shorturl.at/dstA1), with 9 endorsing organizations, calls on @CaRMS_CA to initiate a full investigation into CBC article which reveals plans to target medical students & interfere with residency app. process due to signing HAP letter. #called2theoffice

Forceps severely injure 1 in 4 Canadian mothers when used in childbirth: study. Click on the image below to read more ↓ ctvnews.ca/health/forceps…

Palestinian Liberation is #ReproductiveJustice instagram.com/p/CywWkJRAhMX/

One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.

Reproductive Justice is incompatible with genocide. Palestinian freedom is #ReproductiveJustice 🇵🇸 instagram.com/p/CynekdFgDm5/

Now is the time to speak up for Palestine, including the 50,000 pregnant folks across Gaza! The @UNFPA estimates about 5,500 due to give birth this month. Where will they go? instagram.com/p/Cyjhaqmg6L8/

Today, we honour our sister Joyce Echaquan as we fight to protect the health and well-being of all our relations. NCIM is working to enact #JoycesPrinciple by fighting anti-Indigenous racism in health care and by advancing Indigenous midwifery education and practice.

"I had chosen a home birth to stay out of the hospital... but now I was being threatened by this midwife in my home with the same violence I was already trying to avoid." New #ObstetricViolence story submission on the blog: obstetricjustice.org/community-stor…

"When we walked into our bay at the NICU, we saw someone else’s name on the feeding bottle. We asked the nurse and she lied right away." - St. Joe's Toronto NICU @UnityHealthTO obstetricjustice.org/community-stor…

Sara Lindberg is pursuing a human rights complaint against Dr. Rick Mentz and the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia for the anti-fat discrimination that deprived her of the same standard of care afforded to people with lower BMIs. thetyee.ca/News/2022/07/1…

*A scalp clip is a metal electrode that a doctor twists into a baby's scalp, much like a small screw, for continuous fetal heartrate monitoring.

CPSO complaint: parents allege that the doctor caused a scalp clip injury to their baby during labour; failed to obtain informed consent for a vacuum delivery; failed to meet with the family to discuss what happened despite requests to do so; and more: cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

STUDY: 51% percent of BIPOC respondents received nonconsented procedures — such as epidural or drugs to speed their labor— that they did not consent to. The corresponding figure for white people was 36% #ObstetricViolence latimes.com/science/story/…