America Quote by Marsden Wagner

Protecting the lives of women in childbirth and in their postpartum months should be a common priority.

— Abigail Spanberger

I am no different from so many professionals who go on maternity leave only towards the end of their pregnancy.

— Shweta Menon

Maternity leave is for women to hide and heal their disintegrating body.

— Ali Wong

“No woman in maternity confinement can have stranger and more impatient wishes than I have.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of…

— Martin Luther

Every woman, whoever she is, wherever she lives, should be able to give birth without the fear she's going to lose her baby or…

— Hillary Clinton

One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected populations are…

— Robin Lim

So many words commonly used to describe childbirth-support, patient, management, delivered by, coached, helped, guided-suggest that a woman does not have the power to…

— Michel Odent

I think that in the cultural imagination, motherhood has a primacy that fatherhood just doesn't; and that's not to say that there aren't many…

— Rumaan Alam

All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence…

— Sheila Kitzinger

It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized that one of their role should be to protect the emotional…

— Michel Odent