Decriminalizing Childbirth
Power dynamics in Hungarian birthing care – a paper for Eurozine by Réka Kinga Papp
Power dynamics in Hungarian birthing care – a paper for Eurozine by Réka Kinga Papp
Colloquially, prostitution is thought of as the oldest profession in the world – but it isn’t. Midwifery is. Modern medicine, however, has suppressed midwives in order to gain exclusive access to the birthing business. Réka Kinga Papp’s piece on the power struggles between midwifery and...
According to popular knowledge, giving a money envelope to the doctors is compulsory, and it’s only a matter of sheer luck how you’ll be treated at the hospital. At the same time, Ágnes Geréb, the pioneer of extra-institutional deliveries is hailed both as a patron saint and a charlatan. Titled...