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Working to address #ObstetricViolence across Canada

Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada
Joined June 2017
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Reproductive Justice is incompatible with genocide. Palestinian freedom is #ReproductiveJustice 🇵🇸 instagram.com/p/CynekdFgDm5/
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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/
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"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/communi…
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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/2022/07/13/M…
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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/toronto/b…
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*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.
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There are many ways to address #ObstetricViolence in Canada, including taking legal action. An Inuk woman who was sterilized without consent in 2019 has filed a lawsuit: cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt…
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New on the Community Story Blog: Xenophobic #ObstetricViolence at Sept-Îles Hospital, Cotê-Nord, Québec: obstetricjustice.org/communi…
Labrador Morning - Feb. 1, 2022: An Inuk woman who is working toward becoming a certified birth doula says the Nunatsiavut Government should seek funding to cover doula services (16:42 mark) cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-3…
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ICYMI - an Ontario study with alarming (but not surprising) results: theguardian.com/society/2022…
There's still time to have your story heard in The RESPCCT Study. A survey open to anyone pregnant in the last 10 years in Canada, or those who are currently pregnant. Available in 8 languages. ~20 minutes to complete! Please share: respcct.ca/