Defiant Birth

The women in this book may be among the last to have babies without the medical stamp of approval.

Today's society demands physical perfection from all and regards medical and scientific technologies as saviours to be embraced whatever the cost. To have a child who has been diagnosed with a disability is deemed not just unnecessary, but careless and even immoral.

Defiant Birth tells the courageous stories of women who continued their pregnancies despite intense pressure from doctors, family ...