*Content Warning for discussion of Obstetric Violence, Rape/Sexual Assault*
Selected Media Coverage of These Women’s Cases
Yahoo! “Mom Sues Doctor Over C-Section Fight: ‘I Was Treated Like a Child,’” Beth Greenfield, (link)
MSU Bioethics, “Signed Off: Unconsented-to Cesarean Section, a Quarter Century After A.C.,” Deborah Fisch, JD, April 7, 2016 (link)
Bright Magazine, “When Childbirth Feels Like Assault,” November 18, 2016 (link)
AL.com, “Caroline Malatesta opens up about birth trauma, bait-and-switch advertising of Alabama hospital,” Anna Claire Vollers, August 9, 2016 (link)
Cosmopolitan, “Another Nurse Held My Baby’s Head in to Prevent Him Being Delivered,” Avital Norman Nathman, August 10, 2016 (link)
Weld Birmingham, “Alabama: ‘A Dangerous Place to Give Birth,'” Cody Owens, August 9, 2016 (link)
NPR.org, “Episiotomies Still Common During Childbirth Despite Advice To Do Fewer,” Jocelyn Weiner, July 4, 2016 (link)
Yahoo! “Woman Forced into Violent Episiotomy Settles With Doctor,” Beth Greenfield, March 5, 2017 (link)
Independent (U.K.), “Ethics of the delivery room: Who’s in control when you’re giving birth?” Rebecca Grant, December 18, 2017 (link)