In part two of our interview with pioneering midwife Ina May Gaskin, she describes the women who died of pregnancy-related causes and are commemorated in squares of the Safe Motherhood Quilt Project. Gaskin argues midwifery is about helping the woman and her child, but is also key to shaping how society as a whole views the birthing process. Gaskin is the author of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and, most recently, Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta.

Democracy Now! 2012-03-19 Monday

• Headlines for March 19, 2012
• Police Arrest 73 in Occupy Wall Street Crackdown as Protesters Mark Six Months Since Uprising Began
• Strategic Directions for Occupy Wall Street: Foreclosing Banks, Defending Homes, Making History
• Ina May Gaskin on Rising U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate, Midwifery and Home Births

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Billie and guests Zoe and Martha discuss aspects of time and how the creative process is in the moment.

Cast: Billie Bivins

3/16/12 - Though the Lens. Academy Awards Wrap-up

3/14/12 - Warrant Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Janette Cranshaw and Dolores Vidal interview Lisa Pargoli from Essential Body Works.

Democracy Now! 2012-03-16 Friday

• Headlines for March 16, 2012
• Afghan Massacre Sheds Light on Culture of Mania and Aggression in U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
• Afghan Women's Activist Rangina Hamidi: Worsening Conditions Should Hasten U.S. Withdrawal
• Paula Lerner Remembered: Emmy Award-Winning Photographer of Afghan Women
• "Mind Zone": New Film Tracks Therapists Guiding Soldiers Through Traumas of Afghan War
• State Dept. Seeks Firing of Peter Van Buren, Whistleblower Who Exposed Wasteful Iraq Projects

3/14/12 - Ann Hartstein, Secretary of MA Office of Elder Affairs, interviews Suzanne Bump, the first woman state auditor in Massachusetts.