After thorough analysis of the article “A Birth Story” Written by Dr. Dana-Ain Davis Obstetric racism, who would have imagined that among the many disadvantages faced by blacks and other people of color, obstetric racism would be a thing, LeConte’s experience is tragic yet not as an surprising example of what many black women and women of color face while receiving medical treatment, whether for neonatal, postpartum, or other reasons. Before reading this, I would not have thought racism was a problem in a hospital while giving birth in this day and age. Although, according to the story, it has been a problem since Jim Crow laws were enacted. It is not about the hospital. It’s not about being disgusted with your baby being black or them using racist language to describe a pregnant woman, it’s about how they were treated during the procedure or the acts taken. At the start of the article, it seemed as though the story would be about a single person who had insulted and inflicted suffering on a patient, but learning that at least three members of the medical staff had neglected and degraded LeConte is beyond anyone can ever truly imagine. LeConte had to deal with disrespect and abuse, she spoke up when she was in agony, but this did not lessen the level of coercion she faced. Worse, after suffering through the agony of being shot with too much epidural and two days of induction, she had to walk herself and her newborn to the postpartum area. 

The publication of Vice by Diana Tourjee sparked a debate on how the passage of a rule to allow discrimination against trans people in health care will harm and affect the lives of trans people in the United States. They allowed some folks to speak up about how they felt about being trans and losing their right to health care. Many of them are good working citizens, such as taxpayers, pediatricians, military personnel, and college students, who discuss why they need health care, how strongly they oppose this rule, and the discrimination they encounter.

It ultimately boils down to one thing, the importance of the feminist movement, the style in which the stories are told has an impact on my understanding of medical discrimination and/or other aspects of gender we have examined this semester. It is horrible to learn about the oppression and exploitation that women, particularly women of color, face. All of the things we’ve addressed have had an impact on how I perceive adequate education, because recognizing the root of the problem is the first step toward creating a better tomorrow. I can honestly state that knowing about the females in the Period. End of Sentence, having to work together was breathtaking because it shows how everything is possible when we stand together.