Critics/whistleblowers
Jeanice Barcelo
Ashley Montagu
James W. Prescott, Ph.D.

ImprovingBirth.org

http://improvingbirth.org

[2015 Book] Birth Trauma, and the Dark Side of Modern Medicine:  Exposing the Systematic Violence During Hospital Birth and the Attempt to Hijack Our Souls by Jeanice Barcelo 

[2020 Dec] Why do Obstetricians Still Rush to Clamp the Cord? By Dr. Mercola  Cord clamping has become the accepted norm so much so that delayed clamping is generally considered a new or unproved intervention.

The Midwife Is In · It is vital to remember that gynecology was invented by a torturing slave owner and that the instruments and tools of gynecology reflect that. [look up Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, the slaves he experimented on] The exam table is a method of dehumanizing patients, taking everything out of the view of the provider except for the vulva and vagina. The process of using stirrups takes power and strength away from the patient, making them feel like they're falling off the table and focusing on trying to stay afloat rather than recognizing what is being done to them and deciding whether or not they consent to the exam. @feministmidwife first started talking publicly about not using stirrups a few years back and I credit her with the shift in practice that is slowly, glacially happening. 
Research re-confirms what we know - pelvic exams only help in specific situations. We don't need to "take a look and make sure everything is ok" we don't need to "just check" in the vagina. Speculum and bimanual exams are only needed for very specific scenarios and using them for other reasons is abusive. I take pride in bringing conscientiousness, respect for individuality, an attempt at anti-racism, anti-classism, a broader understanding of gender, and a general love for my patients to my practice.