Alison Cole

Abortion-care worker, insurance billing professional, health care reformer, midwifery student, home birther, mother, feminist, pacifist, animist, etc.

Making medicine rational — with rationing

Alison Cole

I know that, at least in the childbirth arena, if we only paid for interventions when they were evidence-based, (that is, if we rationed useless intervention), we would have better outcomes.

Got hope?

Alison Cole

I have been so cynical lately about getting repro health coverage in a health care reform bill...

Common ground: justice for women

Alison Cole

Thank God I gave birth to a daughter in country where women have reproductive rights allowing us to give birth in the manner of our choosing.

Midwife vs. midwife

Alison Cole

I am so deeply saddened by the American College of Nurse Midwives' decision to fight the inclusion of Certified Professional Midwives in health-care reform.

Midwives as communtiy health educators

Alison Cole

In the process of helping women stay healthy in pregnancy & prepare to give birth, midwives share their knowlege and trust that the woman knows best in her own lives.

Informed consent

Alison Cole

I challenge every health care provider to provide the informed consent of two marginalized, but essential, areas of women's health care: abortion and midwifery.

Listening

Alison Cole

When we listen to and synthesize women's stories, we see that empowering us to make the best choices for our own lives is the best foundation for health and well-being.

Why I support safe, legal and compassionate abortion for all who choose

Alison Cole

Though you may be uncomfortable with the concept of abortion, please recognize that making abortion illegal does not end abortion. It only leads to criminalization of women and death.

Alison Cole

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