Legal services for reproductive justice in pregnancy and childbirth.
You deserve to feel safe.
Are you a midwife trying to provide respectful, ethical care to pregnant clients, in a system that fails to fully honor and integrate midwives and midwifery care?
Are you a doula who knows that you need to feel safe and supported yourself, in order to help your client feel safe and supported through labor and childbirth?
Are you pregnant and seeking healthcare that honors your needs and respects your human rights?
You deserve to feel safe. We can help.
Our service packages
We are experts in the legal needs of midwives and doulas, and can help you avoid potential liabilities that could interfere with your goals and personal life.
Midwife Legal Protection
We will meet with you to understand your practice, your values, and your clients, and design a custom set of contracts, documents, and informed consents to minimize your legal risk.
Doula Legal Protection
We will meet with you to discuss your specific intentions for your work as a doula, your values, and your clients, and will create customized documentation to reflect your practice and to minimize your legal risk.
General Counsel Essential
Enjoy the peace of mind of knowing you have an attorney at your back to support and counsel you for any potential problem or legal challenge that may arise in your practice.
General Counsel Executive
Essential services, expanded. We will serve as your general counsel, providing regular advice on the issues that arise in your practice, including contract review and preparation.
Our Mission and Values
The Birth Rights Law Project was founded by Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD, one of the most experienced reproductive justice advocates in the field of pregnancy and childbirth in the world. Our attorneys envision a patient-centered healthcare system in which both pregnant patients and providers feel safe, secure, and honored. We understand the full range of legal challenges, risks, and threats that midwives and doulas can face in their efforts to provide ethical, supportive care to women and pregnant people. We are committed to providing legal protection and security to midwives, doulas, and birthing people.
How We Work
We make it as easy as the proverbial 1, 2, 3:
Set up a consult
Fill out a questionnaire describing your practice and needs, so that we know how to help you.
Speak to a lawyer
Meet with an experienced lawyer to make a plan for your protection.
Get the help you need
Our team will make sure that you have the documents that minimize your risk, and be available to address any new risk that arises in your work.
Protect yourself and your practice. We can help.
