Meet the “Doula Dude”
by Carder
As a male embodied birth worker and intactivist, reproductive rights are at the forefront of my advocacy and beliefs…
As a full-spectrum doula, I’ll advocate for whatever birth outcome the reproductive person chooses. A cesarean section, elective termination, homebirth, or an hospital birth with an epidural. Whether they choose parenting or adoption. I’ll be there to support them. I have a particular calling to serve marginalized populations such as LGBTQ1+, young mothers, immigrant women, survivors of abuse, and incarcerated folk.
I offer my services on a sliding scale. One of my core beliefs is to have access to a doula no matter what one’s financial status.
~ Doula Dude Erich Otten explaining his/her doula philosophy, Radical Doula, January 7
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
He’s the whatever guy
One has to admire the tremendous effort he went through in order to think that way.
“Elective termination” –
Nice, neat, “clinical” way of putting
“killing your own child”…SMH
Survivors of abuse don’t need to be further abused by being “supported” in killing their children, Dude.
Hey Erich, I’m an “intactivitist” too because I believe in bodily autonomy for both mom AND child! I don’t believe children should be surgically altered at birth. But you’re kinda a hypocrite because you don’t believe newborns should be surgically altered but are fine with preborns being surgically dismembered.
honestly, sometimes I wonder why you put some of this stuff in the quote of the day – I appreciate that we need to understand things to fight them – but it also seems like we are helping to spread their message some times
I love what you are doing, pray for you and the site every day and it is one of the sites I visit daily – but that is what went through my mind when I read this today
“I appreciate that we need to understand things to fight them – but it also seems like we are helping to spread their message some times”
The thing is, sometimes their message is so stupid that it actually hurts their cause to have it spread.
Survivors of abuse don’t need to be further abused by being forced to endure an unwanted pregnancy and delivery.
“Dude – as long as I make money, you can do whatever you feel like!”
“Dude – as long as I make money, you can do whatever you feel like!” – I offer my services on a sliding scale. One of my core beliefs is to have access to a doula no matter what one’s financial status.
Reality–you’ve changed my mind and the mind of everyone here! No one should be abused by being forced to not kill their child!!! GOT IT. Unwanted pregnancy? KILL THAT BABY!!!! You’ve changed my mind and completely blown my arguments about how abortion kills an innocent, living human being right out of the water.
Okay…I’ve used up all of my snark for the day.
That was snark? :-)