Amber Vayo is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Massachusetts specializing in reproductive justice and public law. When she’s not writing her dissertation, she’s working as a childbirth educator, and is the founder of Crossroads Support Service, an organization focusing on postpartum, abortion, adoption, and birth loss support. You can follow her on Twitter.
The safety of vaginal births after cesarean has been well-documented—so why do so many U.S. hospitals and providers ban pregnant people from giving birth vaginally?