PUBLIC
HEALTH LAW
& ADVOCACY
defense is protection
Our Public Health Law and Advocacy work addresses legal needs that negatively affect perinatal health with the goal of improving health for multiple generations at once. This work combines legal research and analysis. storytelling support, very limited direct legal representation, and "community justice doula” support for individuals who have experienced discrimination or harm during the perinatal period.
Our legal
team includes:
Indra Lusero (they/them)
*licensed in Colorado
Anna Reed (she/her)
*licensed in New York
Vandana Apte (she/her) *licensed in New York and Colorado
Heather Prestridge (she/her)
Paralegal + Midwife
Tamara Holmgren-Matheson (she/her)
*licensed in New York
Disclaimer: This webpage does not constitute legal advice. Nor does your reading of this page or contacting us through our contact form create a lawyer-client relationship.
tribunal
Report back
One in five pregnant people experiences discriminatory mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. Despite growing national attention on perinatal health inequities, too few options exist to seek- and find- accountability for these harms. Community-led strategies have emerged in response to this failure to account for this discrimination. This report amplifies these strategies, focusing in particular on those that emerged from the 2023 Birth Justice Tribunal.
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library
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Defense is protection.