Women prisoners no longer in chains (in childbirth at least)

Wow! Thanks to all the amazing women at The Rebecca Project, New York State has become one of six states in the U.S. to ban the practice of restraining female prisoners to the bed during childbirth.

Now hopefully we can get the other 44 states to recognize that women just quite aren’t up for ripping their IV’s out and sprinting down the hallway in their flimsy hospital gown while pushing seven pounds of baby out of their body.

For those of you who were told you were not allowed to get out of bed during childbirth or were required to have continuous monitoring (despite ACOG recommendations against) during a normal birth, we’ll work on your figurative chains next.