A major new report takes stock of the U.S. maternity care system and finds great opportunities for improvement. Click here to access this important resource for those participating in the writing contests and for anyone interested in improving the health and well-being of pregnant women.

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We hope that you will support this timely and catalytic effort to advance legal scholarship on birthing rights as a matter of gender equality and reproductive justice. You can help by:

1) Making a contribution to NAPW;
2) Allowing us to list you as a Supporter

Contributions can be made to National Advocates for Pregnant Women. Checks may be made out to National Advocates for Pregnant Women with “Contest” marked in the memo section and mailed to NAPW headquarters at:

National Advocates for Pregnant Women
15 West 36th Street, Suite 901
New York, New York, 10018

Contributions can also be made on-line from our home page.

Download The Writing Contest Contribution Form:

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WRITING CONTEST TO ADVANCE FEMINIST LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP ON THE SUBJECT
OF PREGNANT WOMEN’S CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

National Advocates for Pregnant Women seeks student-written law review style articles
positing challenges to bans on pregnant women having vaginal births after previous cae-
sarean sections. The judging panel will include experts and activists in gender equality, re-
productive justice and birthing and human rights. Articles will be judged according to the
strength and creativity of the legal analysis, inclusion of race and class considerations, clar-
ity and style of writing, and how well the article answers the specific question at hand. The
winner will receive $1000*. Second prize is $500*, and third prize is $250*. The first-prize
winner will also have an opportunity to attend a conference in the field.

WRITING CONTEST TO ADVANCE FEMINIST LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
BIRTHING RIGHTS IN THE DISCUSSION OF GENDER EQUALITY AND FEMINIST
JURISPRUDENCE

National Advocates for Pregnant Women seeks student-written law review style articles discuss-
ing the importance of birthing rights in the discussion of gender equality and feminist jurispru-
dence. The judging panel will include experts and activists in gender equality, reproductive
justice, and birthing and human rights. Articles will be judged according to the strength and
creativity of the legal analysis, inclusion of race and class considerations, clarity and style of
writing, and how well the article answers the specific question at hand. The winner will receive
$1000. Second prize is $500, and third prize is $250. The first-prize winner will also have an
opportunity to attend a conference in the field.

BE A CO-SPONSOR:
WRITING CONTESTS TO ADVANCE LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP ON
BIRTHING RIGHTS AS A MATTER OF GENDER EQUALITY

NAPW is seeking your support to help implement two writing competitions relating to birthing
rights as a matter of gender equality and reproductive justice.

NAPW knows that legal scholarship can be effective in bringing about social change. For exam-
ple, the feminist legal community helped to bring issues such as sexual harassment into the lexicon of gender equality.

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