On Sunday, April 30th, Birthmark Doula Collective was featured on an episode of 60 Minutes, highlighting the state of Maternal Health in Louisiana.

“What I Learned From a Failed Workplace Child-Care Experiment”

Rewire News Group
by Latona Giwa

August 29, 2022

Mary Alice and Minnie Lee Relf. Credit: Hannah Price for The New York Times

As young girls, the Relf sisters were sterilized without consent. What does the government owe them — and the thousands of other living victims?

“Raising Louisiana”

Antigravity
by Steph Visco

May 2022

illustration of hand with 2 butterflies circling. by Victoria Allen

“Raising Louisiana”

ANTIGRAVITY |
by Malaika Ludman

January 2020

Simone Landrum getting a prenatal massage. LaToya Ruby Frazier for The New York Times.

Simone Landrum getting a prenatal massage. LaToya Ruby Frazier for The New York Times.

When Simone Landrum felt tired and both nauseated and ravenous at the same time in the spring of 2016, she recognized the signs of pregnancy. Her beloved grandmother died earlier that year, and Landrum felt a sense of divine order when her doctor confirmed on Muma’s birthday that she was carrying a girl. She decided she would name her daughter Harmony. “I pictured myself teaching my daughter to sing,” says Landrum, now 23, who lives in New Orleans. “It was something I thought we could do together.”