Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The transition from lay midwife-assisted home births to physician-controlled hospital deliveries in the U.S. was driven by a complex interplay of professional competition, economic interests, and societal biases, which were reinforced by judicial deference to state legislative preferences favoring medical dominance over childbirth practices.
Disciplines
Health Law and Policy | Law | Legal Education | Medical Jurisprudence
Recommended Citation
Stacey A. Tovino,
American Midwifery Litigation and State Legislative Preferences for Physician-Controlled Childbirth,
11
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
61
(2004).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol11/iss1/5
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