Health care reform has brought notable benefits to the practice of midwifery in the United States. The Affordable Care Act will help make midwifery care more accessible for patients and providers both.

Written by Eileen Ehudin Beard for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Good news from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), on VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesearean). New guidelines were released by the organization yesterday, making it one step easier for women who want to birth vaginally, after a previous c-section, to do so.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

The National Institutes of Health convened a conference to discuss a hotly debated topic–vaginal birth after cesarean section. Feminists are working to ensure that the voices of mothers are heard.

Written by Gina Crosley-Corcoran for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Home births rise in the United States deflating the current myth that women chose out-of-hospital birth for “frivolous, selfish, or trendy reasons.”

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.