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Founded in 2000, BirthNet is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public about maternity care in order to improve it.

BirthNet's goal is to encourage all women and families to learn about their rights and options during the childbearing year. Birth options, such as where, with whom, and how to give birth, are reproductive rights.

We work to improve maternity care for women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, races, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and socio-economic circumstances.

BirthNet coordinates programs with our Speakers Bureau. Our primary programs include:

• education in the classroom (middle school through college)
• community forums or workshops
• media outreach
• gathering and distributing information about maternity care
• networking with professionals and policy makers

Donations to BirthNet are tax-deductible, and we need your support! Contribute to BirthNet so that we can continue to offer education programs and maternity-care information to the community. Donate online

Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency? Buy the Business of Being Born

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