We Stand up for Pregnancy, Birth & Reproductive Rights
Clients often reach out when they want to understand their rights and better advocate for themselves or people they care for during reproductive care, pregnancy, and birth.
Others have left hospital rooms and doctors’ offices frustrated, confused, and shaken. Often, medical providers have acted without our clients’ consent, withheld care until our clients have agreed to something they don’t want, or have said and done racist, homophobic, sexist, or otherwise biased things that have caused our clients significant harm. Our clients often know something was wrong, but are unsure of how to name it and what to do next.
We can help. We provide a safe, affirming space where clients can turn their hurt and uncertainty into action, hold those that violate their rights accountable, and advocate for dignity and respect in reproductive care.
We help people understand and advocate for their rights in pregnancy, birth, and reproductive care.
We believe that everyone deserves empowering, informed care throughout pregnancy, birth, and reproductive services. We help people, their loved ones, and their care team understand and stand up for their rights. We hold medical providers, doctors’ offices, and hospitals accountable when they violate our clients’ rights to bodily autonomy, discriminate against our clients, or use threats, intimidation, or coercion to force clients into procedures or treatment they don’t want. We use civil rights laws, including California’s Tom Bane Civil Rights Act (the Bane Act) and the Unruh Civil Rights Act, to advocate for reproductive, pregnancy, and birth justice.
We partner with non-profits, community groups, grassroots organizations, and activists to push for birth and reproductive justice.
We love partnering with community organizations to fight for reproductive justice. We specialize in coordinating legal and organizing strategy, and help organizational, activist, and grassroots clients formulate legal strategies and craft impact litigation to ensure all pregnant and birthing people are safe, treated with dignity, free from discrimination, and are supported in exercising their right to bodily autonomy.
Our Reproductive Rights Services
We’re gentle with our clients, but tough on those who violate their rights.
We serve clients throughout California.
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We educate people about their rights in medical settings, so that they can have empowered, informed pregnancies and births. We help pregnant people, their partners, and birth workers understand and proactively advocate for patients’ rights. When clients are harmed by providers, we listen, help people understand their rights and options, give honest, direct, and kind advice, and help clients formulate a plan, so they can heal, and focus on themselves and their families.
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When our clients’ rights are violated, we file complaints with government and non-governmental organizations that oversee hospitals, doctors, and nurses. In select cases, we tenaciously advocate for positive change and fair compensation in lawsuits against medical providers and hospitals.
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We are relentless in holding employers accountable under civil rights laws, including California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Pregnancy Disability Leave, as well as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act, the PUMP Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We push for positive change and fight for fair compensation through administrative complaints and litigation.
We also provide support for pregnant people, caregivers, and new parents at work. Learn more on our Employment Discrimination and Advising Page.
Work With Us
Please note that we don’t handle medical malpractice claims. If your provider made a mistake in your treatment or care, we recommend you reach out to a medical malpractice attorney.
Questions? We’d be happy to guide you to the right place.
