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Nurses for Justice, brought to you by Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health, is a space for nurses and advocates dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health and justice.Through our conversations, we hope to celebrate and inspire nurses and allied professionals who are working to make reproductive justice a reality for more people.
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- Sep 2, 202650 min
Navigating Change in Sexual & Reproductive Health: A Conversation with Dr. Lina Buffington on Leadership, Justice and the Future of Nursing
Join Dr. Alicia Swartz and Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health’s (NSRH) Executive Director, Dr. Lina Buffington for a special edition episode of the Nurses for Justice podcast. 🩺In this conversation, Dr. Buffington and Dr. Swartz discuss the future of the nursing sector, reproductive justice, gaps in reproductive care, leadership and the future of NSRH. We also reflect on and celebrate Lina’s trailblazing career at NSRH and what the future holds next for her. ✨ Dr. Lina Buffington is a social entrepreneur, educator, and Executive Director of NSRH, where she is leading a transformative vision for sexual and reproductive healthcare through education, training, and systems change. At NSRH, Lina has expanded the organization's reach by strengthening its partnerships, growing educational programs, and creating pathways for healthcare professionals to connect, learn, and lead. Her leadership centers historically marginalized communities, ensuring that nurses and providers are equipped to deliver inclusive, dignified care.Beyond her role at NSRH, Lina brings a multidisciplinary lens shaped by her background as a maker and her experience as a curriculum developer and educator in higher education for over a decade.Lina holds a BA in philosophy from Spelman College and a PhD in philosophy from Emory University.✨Dr. Alicia Swartz is an associate professor at California State University, East Bay, in the Department of Nursing, a pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in sexual and reproductive healthcare, and the director of the BSNED project.
- May 14, 202637 min
Pregnancy Criminalization: A Conversation with a Nurse & Lawyer
In this episode we delve into pregnancy criminalization. We are joined by Lindsey English Hull, a trained nurse in labor and delivery, and attorney with research experience in perinatal substance use, the application of fetal personhood to laws that uniquely punish and surveil pregnant people. Lindsey English Hull, RN, JD, (she/her) obtained her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Tennessee and spent five years as a labor and delivery nurse on a high-risk obstetrics unit at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. During this time, Lindsey held multiple leadership roles, advanced numerous quality initiatives, and gained national certifications in in-patient obstetrics and electronic fetal monitoring. Despite her deep love for bedside nursing, Lindsey chose to pursue a law degree as a result of her growing disenchantment with our healthcare system and desire to advocate for positive policy changes. Lindsey obtained her J.D. from the University of Tennessee in the spring of 2020, where she had the opportunity to assist Professor Wendy Bach in researching and documenting the negative effects of Tennessee’s criminal “fetal assault” law. Upon graduation, Lindsey moved to New York City to complete a legal fellowship in reproductive justice at Pregnancy Justice, where she continued to serve as a staff attorney for the next three years - advancing policies and litigating cases that protected healthcare providers and their patients from criminal liability for their actions during pregnancy and delivery.Resources:Organizations:Pregnancy Justice If/When/How: Lawyers for Reproductive JusticeAcademy of Perinatal Harm ReductionReports:Post-Dobbs Pregnancy Criminal Cases - from Pregnancy JusticePre-Dobbs Pregnancy Criminal Cases - from Pregnancy JusticeAlso - check out the following courses on NSRH’s Online Institute: Criminalization of Pregnancy: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Nursing Practice in a Post-Roe AmericaPerinatal Substance Use: Harm Reduction for NursesCare in Crisis: Resisting Criminalization of Mental Health in NursingMandatory Reporting and Self Managed Abortion
- Apr 17, 202637 min
Our Stories Save Us: Trauma, Support, and Liberation in Birthwork
In this powerful episode, Davon Crawford sits down with birthworker, future midwife, and community healer Jadea for an intimate conversation about the ways our stories shape us, and ultimately save us. Together, they explore how trauma, both personal and collective, impacts the work of Black doulas and the communities they serve.Jadea shares her journey into birthwork, the challenges she has faced navigating traditional healthcare systems, and the moments that affirmed her calling. The conversation dives into healing, advocacy, mental health, and the resilience that sustains Black doulas doing trauma-adjacent work.Listeners will hear reflections on what a truly liberatory birthing space looks like, the importance of community-based care, and how the pathway toward midwifery deepens this commitment to justice.This episode offers grounding, wisdom, and an unwavering reminder: our stories carry power, and when shared with intention, they become medicine for ourselves and our communities.Jadea Edmonds is a birthworker, future midwife, lactation educator, and self-taught Indigenous herbalist whose path is deeply rooted in intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the healing traditions of her lineage. Her journey into birthwork blossomed with the home birth of her son in July 2022—an experience that awakened a profound calling to support women in reclaiming their emotional, spiritual, and embodied birthright. Raised as the oldest of four and guided by a lifelong instinct to nurture, Jadea carries a steady, grounding presence into every birth space she enters. She weaves together her personal birthing experience, her training as a doula, and her connection to plant medicine to create a sanctuary of support for families navigating pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Her care honors the body’s natural rhythms, the spirit’s wisdom, and the sacred storytelling that lives within each parent she serves. Jadea believes birth is more than a moment—it is a rite of passage that reconnects us to our mind, body, and soul. Her work centers liberation, community care, and the resilience of Black birth workers who hold space for trauma, transformation, and generational healing. Through her commitment to midwifery and holistic birthwork, Jadea reminds mothers of the power they already carry: the power to birth, to heal, and to rise. Guided by the Earth, spirit, and the stories that shape us, Jadea walks her path with intention—believing deeply that when our stories are shared, they become medicine for ourselves and our communities.Davon Crawford is a student nurse at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a student midwife with the National College of Midwifery. She is the founder and Executive Director of Partnerships for Doula Doula, a community-based collective that has trained and mentored over 70 doulas in Northern California. In her role, Davon builds collaborations with hospitals, public health departments, and community organizations to expand access to culturally affirming doula care for people of color. She also advocates for Medi-Cal reimbursement for doulas and midwifery decriminalization in Georgia, with a vision to transform healthcare through equity-driven leadership.
- Nov 18, 20251h 4m
Weight Stigma in Nursing Practice
In this episode we delve into weight stigma and size bias in health systems. We dispel some myths that equate a person’s body size with their health, and explore how nurses can mitigate the harms of these assumptions through research and practice. We are joined by two nurse-midwives who research, write, and practice at this intersection: Dr. Ellen Solis and Elizabeth Muñoz.Dr. Ellen Solis, DNP, CNM, FACNM (she/her) is a Teaching Professor at the University of Washington and the specialty director of the nurse-midwifery program and the Graduate Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health (GCSRH) and is the co-director of the UW-ACTIONS (Abortion Care Training Incubator for Outstanding Nurse Scholars) program. She is also a practicing nurse-midwife in Seattle and the board secretary of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health. As a midwife, and educator, Ellen is committed to centering the voices of her clients, students, and colleagues—especially those from BIPOC and queer communities—and working towards increasing their voices in healthcare, education, and policy development. Elizabeth Muñoz, DNP, CNM, FACNM (she/her) is a Certified Nurse-Midwife with experience in midwifery education, scholarship, and clinical practice. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, TN. Her scholarship activities include integrating nurse-midwifery models of care in rural Alabama through the AL MOMS HRSA Grant at UAB School of Nursing, preventing size-bias in those providing pregnancy care, and innovation in nurse-midwifery clinical education. Dr. Muñoz is also passionate about improving access to full-scope midwifery care and expanding public knowledge about midwifery, including deepening the understanding that midwives can lead the charge for practice change in various settings.Resources (to link in episode description) Health at Every Size® (HAES®) Principles – ASDAHPlus Size BirthPlus Mommy PodcastEvidence Based Birth® PodcastThe Fat Studies Reader Edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay; Foreword by Marilyn WannFearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
- Mar 14, 202528 min
Thriving Period. Advocating for Menstrual Equity in Mississippi
Asia Brown, a nursing student at Emory, co-founded a nonprofit called 601 for Period Equity, to promote menstrual equity and mitigate period shame in the Black community. Asia leads the nonprofit’s community pantry, Rosie's Pantry, which distributes essential hygiene products, diapers, and menstrual supplies to families in Vicksburg, Mississippi.Asia’s work in period equity and reproductive justice has garnered national attention, with features in The New York Times and NBC News. Asia has also served as a speaker and panelist for organizations such as CVS Health and Girls, Inc., where she continues to advocate for the intersection of healthcare access and social justice. Asia recently completed the Karen Edlund Future Nurse Leader Fellowship - a fellowship that Nurses for Sexual & Reproductive Health runs annually, for nursing students of color who are leaders in sexual and reproductive health. In today’s episode we talk about period poverty, menstrual equity, and the importance of expansive advocacy efforts that include and uplift Southern, Black, rural communities.Be sure to check out Asia’s nonprofit 601 for Period Equity and to follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
- Oct 18, 202440 min
The Menopausal Multiverse
Omisade Burney-Scott (she/her) is a Black southern 7th generation native North Carolinian feminist, social justice advocate and creative with decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and social justice. She is the Creator of the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause, a multimedia culture and narrative shift reproductive justice project. In today’s episode we dive into the menopausal multiverse. We talk about how to start conversations about aging and menopause in both clinical and personal spaces, and how to ensure these conversations center justice, inclusivity, and people’s lived experiences.Be sure to check out the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause podcast, socials, and zines: Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse and The Motherboard.
- May 31, 202432 min
Digital Abortion Suppression, the Tik Tok Ban, and Getting around Big Tech Censorship
In this digital abortion suppression conversation, NSRH spoke to Martha Dimitratou, who works with several media advocacy groups like Women on Web, Plan C Pills, and Repro Uncensored. The politicization of abortion at the hands of those in power has created numerous barriers to our ability to seek our reliable and accurate information. Repro Uncensored is a coalition of reproductive health and internet freedom organizations dedicated to combating digital censorship and suppression. Their mission is to ensure that everyone can access information about sexual and reproductive healthcare whenever they need it. RU works closely with advocacy organizations, researchers, creatives, reproductive healthcare providers, and digital rights advocates to promote the free flow of medically accurate abortion information, free from restrictions and the fear of censorship by Big Tech platforms. In this episode, Martha Dimitratou walks us through the formation of this coalition and dives into the some of the ongoing projects that fight against the suppression of abortion related information and tools! Martha also approached her work through an international lens, recognizing that the struggle against Big Tech doesn’t exist in a vacuum. She draws inspiration from our ability to work collectively across the globe.
- May 15, 202441 min
Medical Sexual Assault & Consent in Pelvic Care
A'magine is a sexuality educator, speaker, writer, film-maker, and Gynecological Teaching Associate (GTA). Her award-winning film At Your Cervix, examines patient consent and bodily autonomy in gynecology and medical education, aiming to end unethical practices that harm both patients and medical students. In this episode, we talk about consent in pelvic care, trauma-informed patient interactions, and steps towards improving ethics in medical education. Content Warning: Today's episode describes medical sexual assault. Please be sure to take care of yourself in consuming this content, and to step away as needed. A’magine has been teaching and speaking about feminism and sexuality for over two decades, including her TEDx talk “Owning Your Sexual Power.” She is author of Woman on Fire: Nine Elements to Wake up Your Erotic Energy, Personal Power and Sexual Intelligence and co-author of the best-selling classic Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men. She is committed to helping people have hard conversations and take the steps that lead to liberation. Find out more at atyourcervixmovie.com and amaginenation.com. Want to learn more about the history of reproductive (in)justices in nursing? Check out our course on the Online Institute: "RJ in Nursing."
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