The Midwife: Choices for Border Women
August 20, 2026
In El Paso and along the U.S.-Mexico border in the early 1990s, midwifery remained a significant childbirth option for women seeking tradition, personal care, comfort, and lower costs. Thomas L. Bryant describes how midwives, or la partera , continued a practice rooted in colonial America, when…
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