Care Quote by Ina May Gaskin

The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and…

— Ina May Gaskin

“The techno-medical model of maternity care, unlike the midwifery model, is comparatively new on the world scene, having existed for barely two centuries. This…

— Ina May Gaskin

The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs…

— Ina May Gaskin

Why do we, then, continue to treat women as if their emotions and comfort, and the postures they might want to assume while in…

— Ina May Gaskin

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

— Ina May Gaskin

When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways…

— Ina May Gaskin

“I have felt incredible energy and life force through my body, and I have really been reborn a happier, healthier, and more confident person.…

— Ina May Gaskin

“Remember this, for it is as true and true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is…

— Ina May Gaskin

Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities…

— Ina May Gaskin

A society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing…

— Ina May Gaskin

I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to…

— Ina May Gaskin

“Many midwives work as employees in large hospital practices, where the techno-medical model of care is still the rule. In practices like these, midwives…

— Ina May Gaskin