Mother's Day 2011

This Mama's Day, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice's Strong Families Initiative partnered with a number of organizations to host a blog series on motherhood and justice.  This series was intended to give special recognition to the moms who often go unnoticed: young moms, moms of color, queer moms, moms who didn't give birth to their children, immigrant moms and others. 

I was asked, via my blogging gig at ChoiceUSA, to add my perspective as a birth doula who also works in the reproductive justice field.  My piece centered around the many intersections of abortion and motherhood, compounded by other factors such as race, class, documentation status, gender identity, etc.

Read it here:

Supporting Her Journey: A Full-Spectrum Doula’s Look at the Politics of Motherhood