Why birth plans are a feminist issue

Those middle class birthzillas and their pesky human rights

‘Gone are the days when it was thought that, on becoming pregnant, a woman lost, not only her capacity, but also her right to act as a genuinely autonomous human being.’

Supreme Court Justice Brenda Hale, 2015

People sometimes assume I like babies a lot, or even that I’m a midwife. Neither of these things are true*. They assume this because I’ve written …