“Birth Justice is a must-read book that defies disciplinary boundaries, inspires the imagination, and nourishes resistant thinking. In this carefully curated collection of articles, intermezzo interludes, symposia, and reflections, Rodante van der Waal deftly weaves together theoretical, personal, narrative, and creative modes of inquiry. Beautifully and attentively written, the end-result is a vibrant philosophical meditation on birth, abolitionist care, and the work of gestational justice. Deeply thought-provoking, honest, and humane – this book is intellectual nourishment.”
– Dr Rachelle Chadwick, Senior Lecturer in Gender-based Violence, University of Bristol, author of Bodies that Birth: Vitalizing Birth Politics

“The Netherlands was the last industrialized country to lose independent midwifery to obstetric control, to see birth turned into one more hospital procedure done ON not BY the mother. This brilliant, sad but true, book documents the consequences.”
– Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD, author of In Labor , of The Tentative Pregnancy and most recently, The Biomedical Empire (Stanford University Press)