Feb 13
HMS Event
"The Carceral Hospital: Race, Birth, and Imagining a Different World of Healt
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Time: 5 - 6 p.m.
Location: Virtual
'The Carceral Hospital: Race, Birth, and Imagining a Different World of Health' by Mali Collins, PhD, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at American University in Washington DC, and Birth and Postpartum Doula at the Womb Room.
Along with various social determinants, the hospital as an institution must also be examined for its role in poor Black infant and maternal health outcomes worldwide. With the US and the African diaspora as her dual focus, Collins argues hospitals must be held accountable for their demand for the literal and financial incarceration of Black mothers who cannot afford safe and attentive healthcare in our present day. With a reproductive justice orientation to bioethical practice, Collins invites audience members to imagine a future where hospital-accrued debt is no longer a factor in poor Black maternal health outcomes.