About us
Birthrights is the leading authority on the rights of women and birthing people during pregnancy and birth in the UK.
Our work is critical to not only transforming the experiences and outcomes for individuals, but also in shifting wider policy, practice and systems.
Our Vision
Our vision is of a world where women and birthing people can access safe maternity care that fully respects their right to bodily autonomy and self-agency, free from discrimination, coercion and violence.
Our Mission
Birthrights is here to champion the fundamental rights of women and birthing people during pregnancy and birth across the UK.
What we do
Birthrights provides advice and information on your legal rights, trains doctors and midwives, and campaigns to change maternity policy and systems. Watch this short video to better understand the impact of our advice, training and information services on women and birthing people.
Our rights-based approach
Birthrights promotes your right to receive evidence-based care that conforms to the best medical and midwifery standards. We do not promote any particular clinical perspectives in maternity care.
These rights are set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
The information on our website is factually correct at the time of writing.
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