Birthing Liberation How Reproductive Justice Can Set Us Free

Birthing Liberation presents reproductive justice as the pathway to equity and the birthplace of liberation.

Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator, speaks to the intersections of systemic issues—such as access to health care, house transportation, and nutrition—and personal trauma work that, if healed, have the power to lead us to collective liberation in all facets of life.

Collective liberation rests on the idea that in order for us all to have equity in this world—from the safety of childbirth, to the ability to bring a baby home to a safe community, to having access to resources, safety, and opportunities over the long term—we must all become liberated individuals.

Birthing Liberation creates a path to social and systemic change, starting within the birthing world and expanding far beyond.

Sabia C. Wade is a radical full spectrum doula, reproductive justice advocate, equity consultant, and Somatic Educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2017 she founded the nonprofit For The Village in San Diego and in 2018, she founded Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings (BADT). She also launched The Black Doula Podcast in March 2021, and Essence magazine stated she was “one of nine black doulas to follow now.” Her work has been featured in Business Insider, Motherly, Well + Good, The San Diego Union Tribune, Healthline, and KPBS, among other outlets. She has appeared on several podcasts including Evidence-Based Birth, Magamamas, Happy as a Mother, and Birth Kweens.

Introduction
1. In the Room Where It Happens
2. History of Race and Gynecology
3. Present Day Perspective: The Racial Divide
4. Reproductive Justice as the Path to Collective Liberation
5. Unpacking Trauma as a Personal Responsibility
6. Healthy Community, Healthy Parent, and Healthy Baby
7. Birthing Liberation
8. A Return to Birth: A Different Outcome for All