Category women
Lessons From “Lying-In”
Alana Cattapan reflects on what postpartum confinement can teach us about living through COVID-19.
Abortion is Always Essential Medical Care
Janis Broder and Celeste E. Orr denounce the use of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to make abortion inaccessible.
Reasons for Recommending Early Epidural During COVID-19
Naila Ramji defends the practice of asking women in labour to undergo an early epidural in the context of the current pandemic.
Protest chill is last thing sex-assault complainants need
Elaine Craig asks us to imagine the impact of protests critical of women reporting sexual misconduct by their physician
Indigenous Obstetric Evacuation: Harmful but Risky to Resist
Kim Dreaddy analyzes the policy of mandatory obstetric evacuation in Indigenous communities within the context of the history of colonization.
