Still, Carol Sakala, director of childbirth connection programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit policy group in Washington, said there needs to be more discussion about the right balance. “Competent patients have the right to make decisions on behalf of themselves and their babies.’’
Maternal Health Advocates Urge Insurers To Cover Costs Of Birth Doulas – Illinois Public Media
Other benefits include a 9 percent reduction in the use of any pain medications, a 31 percent reduction in the use of synthetic oxytocin to speed up labor, and a 34 percent reduction in reporting a negative birth experience, according to Carol Sakala from the National Partnership for Women and Families.
When a Big Baby Isn’t So Big – New York Times
The study, called Listening to Mothers III, was based on Childbirth Connection’s nationally representative survey of some 1,960 new mothers. It found that four out of five of the mothers who were warned they might have large babies gave birth to infants who were not large, and weighed less than 8 pounds 13 ounces.
Widespread Insurance Coverage of Doula Care Would Reduce Costs, Improve Maternal and Infant Health
Leading Maternity Care Experts Release Issue Brief Encouraging Medicaid and Private Insurers to Cover Doula Care
C-Sections Are Best With a Little Labor, a Study Says – New York Times
“When you don’t wait for labor to begin on its own, you cut short all kinds of physiological changes and preparations for birth that are taking place toward the end of pregnancy,” said Carol Sakala, the director of the nonprofit Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “What is the effect of cutting off those processes so casually on such a large scale?”
Study Suggests 19 Percent Could Be Benchmark C-Section Rate – WBUR
“We could shift this number downward,” said Carol Sakala, director of childbirth connection programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, by helping women get “fit and ready for the challenges of labor, using a doula, being upright and moving around during labor and periodic listening to the baby’s heart patterns as opposed to continuous electronic fetal monitoring.”
Members Of Congress Introduce Groundbreaking Bill To Help More Women Afford Abortion – ThinkProgress
A wide range of health-focused organizations — including Planned Parenthood, Physicians for Reproductive Health, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the National Abortion Federation, the National Partnership for Women & Families, and the Center for Reproductive Rights — praised the effort to roll back Hyde, releasing statements on Wednesday pointing out that policy harms some of the most economically vulnerable women in the country.
A Budget That Would Undermine and Reverse Progress on Health Care | Commentary – Roll Call
“Anyone who looked closely at the fiscal 2016 Labor-HHS-Education budget that sailed through the House Appropriations Committee recently was in for a jolt. It may be impossible to overstate the many ways this legislation would take the country backward, said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
If You’re Planning on Having a Baby, Check Your Health Insurance – Washington Post
“The payments that are made are highly concentrated in that little window,” said Carol Sakala, director of the Childbirth Connection, one of the organizations that commissioned the study. Childbirth Connection is a program of the National Partnership for Women and Families, an advocacy group.
After Ruling Obama Says ACA ‘Here to Stay’ – Women’s eNews
“Women are 54 percent of those purchasing coverage through the federal marketplace and would have been hurt the most by an adverse ruling … Roughly 76 million people are benefiting from access to covered preventive care, including contraceptive services,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
The Wrong Way – Huffington Post
“This week, extremists in the House of Representatives seem to be firmly in charge as their fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) funding bill advances quickly,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Looking Back in Time: What Women’s Bodies are Telling Us about Modern Maternity Care – Science & Sensibility
Recent data show that mothers themselves may already think what the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report suggests. The series of Listening to Mothers (LtM) studies, a nationally-representative survey of childbearing women, shows a shift in mothers’ attitudes towards normal physiologic birth.
New Mom Begged Doc: ‘No, Don’t Cut Me!’ – The Daily Beast
(Statistics provided by Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families)
‘Consent in childbirth is a joke’: How British women are silenced in the delivery room – The Telegraph
(Statistics provided by Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Supreme Court’s Ruling in Young v. UPS is “Good News” for Pregnant Workers, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Pregnant worker wins in Supreme Court, but should Congress boost discrimination protections? – The Business Journals
“But voluntary measures will not be enough, given how pervasive pregnancy discrimination is in our country,” said Judith Lichtman, senior adviser for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pregnant Workers – Glamour
“Any ruling that will mean fewer pregnant women face discrimination in the workplace is good for women, good for families, and good for our economy and our country,” said Judith L. Lichtman, a senior advisor at the National Partnership for Women and Families.
In latest Senate controversy over abortion, both sides played a role – McClatchy DC
“It adds insult to injury to hold up the vote to confirm Lynch until that bill passes,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
‘Fetal Anesthesia’: The Creative New Way To Limit Abortion Access And Enshrine Bad Science Into Law – ThinkProgress
According to a recent report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, 33 states currently have at least one of those “bad medicine” laws on the books.
Our C-Section Rate Won’t Budge—Is It Because We Don’t Trust Women’s Hormones? – Pacific Standard Magazine
Childbirth Connection, the group behind the report (and now part of the National Partnership for Women and Families) organized the publication in such a way that you can read the meaty executive summary in under an hour, send the Pathway to a Healthy Birth booklet to your pregnant friend, or geek out on the full report.
