From Secular Pro-Life Perspectives: Newly launched project advances health for mothers and babies of color

“What would it look like opening a birth center in the hood?” That question sent Cessilye Smith of Dallas, Texas on a journey. Cessilye is a pro-life feminist, racial justice educator, and doula—on top of just being an all-around rad woman. (Disclosure: she’s also a friend of mine, obviously.) She is incredibly knowledgeable about the past and present of racism, the devastation abortion has inflicted on the black community, and low-income mothers’ needs. I cannot think of a better person to open a birthing center in the hood.