Every so often, social media and the mainstream press get fired up with accounts of trans identified men breastfeeding. Here are a few In these cases, we’re told the subjects have taken steps to produce breastmilk. It appears they use a protocol originally designed for adoptive mothers. Here’s five good reasons why health and maternity… Continue reading Should trans identified men be supported to breastfeed? Why we say the answer’s ‘no’
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Why We Are With Woman
We are birth workers and activists, focused on the pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding concerns of women. Sex-based language is important due to sex-based oppression. The sex chromosomes you receive at conception, the sex you are born as, has a profound effect on your reproductive, physical and social life. Those who are female have specific health… Continue reading Why We Are With Woman
Gender ideology: birth and breastfeeding organisations captured
By Robin Jones How mothers lose out when the organisations set up to support them decide sex no longer matters. In the last few years, have you found yourself having difficult conversations with other people, many of whom you thought believed in things much the same as you do? Have you found yourself ‘policing’ your… Continue reading Gender ideology: birth and breastfeeding organisations captured
Sex-based language: vital for women’s rights
In January 2022, Sweden’s biggest-circulation tabloid, Aftonbladet, published a challenge to the language of gender ideology. By writer and birth activist Kristina Turner, it explains why she and other Swedish feminists are fighting to retain sex-based language in maternity and health care. With the kind permission of the writer and the newspaper, here is an… Continue reading Sex-based language: vital for women’s rights
Why as midwives we oppose paediatric transition
We are midwives, doulas and breastfeeding counsellors concerned about the use of puberty blockers and mastectomies for girls experiencing gender dysphoria. We care for women in their reproductive cycles and understand women’s sexuality and sexual activity as important; therefore we are concerned about the impact of these treatment pathways on their future lives. We support healthy expressions… Continue reading Why as midwives we oppose paediatric transition
March with Midwives – Inclusion and Exclusion
Anna is a midwife and part of the With Woman collective. She writes about the challenges facing midwifery in the UK; the grassroots movement March with Midwives; and their exclusion of women who hold and express feminist beliefs. This article was first published on Womans Place UK on 28th November 2021 March with Midwives Last Sunday,… Continue reading March with Midwives – Inclusion and Exclusion
‘Men, non-binary, or something else’….No, AIMS. Sorry. They’re all ‘women’.
When it comes to knowing your choices during pregnancy, birth and afterwards, if you’re in the UK, you need AIMS, the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. For over 60 years, they’ve pioneered a woman-centred approach to maternity care. AIMS has always recognised this work as political. Of course it is – if you… Continue reading ‘Men, non-binary, or something else’….No, AIMS. Sorry. They’re all ‘women’.
Open letter to the BPAS Board of Trustees and Senior Management Team
Please sign our letter to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) This is an open letter to the BPAS Board of Trustees and Senior Management Team in support of their recent strategy document, in which they explain why they feel it is important to retain the word ‘woman’ when delivering services and championing rights in… Continue reading Open letter to the BPAS Board of Trustees and Senior Management Team
Families do not breastfeed, mothers do…and we need to say so
Madeleine Munzer Sydney, Australia This article was first published in World Nutrition https://worldnutritionjournal.org/ind…/wn/article/view/825 It seems obvious that support for mothers is central to global breastfeeding advocacy. The Global Breastfeeding Collective, WHO and UNICEF all emphasise the importance of supporting mothers to breastfeed their infants (World Health Organization, 2018b; Global Breastfeeding Collective et al., 2020; UNICEF,… Continue reading Families do not breastfeed, mothers do…and we need to say so
Mothers. They matter – however they identify. Here’s why.
Earlier this month, an Open Letter (read the full text of it here) from a collective of UK LGBTQ+ perinatal workers was published, as a ‘means to have a voice’ for inclusion. This is our response. We too are a collective. We are feminist perinatal workers, mainly in the UK, with several international members. We view… Continue reading Mothers. They matter – however they identify. Here’s why.
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