Women in US prisons struggle for their reproductive rights.

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Length: 0:28:48
Uploaded: 9 Jun, 2013

Recording Date: 9 Jun, 2013
Recording Location: Oakland, California; Vancouver BC
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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WINGS #07-13 Birthing in Chains by WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service and National Radio Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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Program Title: WINGS #07-13 Birthing in Chains
Description: Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds and cells. Others are being sterilized, some say, against their will. A national movement has made some gains but has far to go. This Making Contact documentary is in WINGS courtesy of the National Radio Project.

Host(s): Jen Chien
Featured Speakers/Guests: Courtney Hooks, Justice Now! campaign communications director; Tina Reynolds, Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) co-founder and chair; Samantha Rogers, California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Karen Shain, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children former policy director; Victoria Law, “Resistance Behind Bars” author; Kimberly, formerly incarcerated mother; Joe Higgins, Rappahannock Regional Jail superintendent; Carolyn Sulfrin, Ob/Gyn Dr. at the San Francisco Jail, and fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Credits: Content produced for Making Contact by Jen Chien and Lisa Barfai; adapted to WINGS by Frieda Werden.

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