stories from Seattle

I also took the opportunity to travel around and out of the city to meet with women who had experienced pregnancy while behind bars for WORTH's Birthing Behind Bars campaign. Some of the stories are horrifying, some are heartbreaking and still others are both.

I'm finally getting around to figuring out how to post them on the Birthing Behind Bars site. Today, I posted Kimberly's story. Kimberly was pregnant while in jail, then prison. She gave birth under tremendously oppressive conditions while in prison. She was denied entry to the prison's nursery program even though she was a model prisoner. (She also happened to be a Black prisoner.) She got out and went on to not only successfully fight for Washington State to pass anti-shackling legislation, but continues to support parents trying to reunite with their children as the coordinator of Parent to Parent.

You can watch her videos here:
Pregnancy and Birth Behind Bars in Washington State:
http://t.co/0idIA3rM

Sharing her story and pushing for (systemic) change:
http://t.co/2koutuPh

Supporting Others' Right to Family:
http://nationinside.org/campaign/birt...

If you agree that NO ONE should have to go through a pregnancy and birthing experience like Kimberly's, sign the Birthing Behind Bars pledge: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6...

and then ask your friends, family and community members to do the same.

Feel free to repost this far and wide.