title: Health-care reform for childbirth.
abstract: In this column, the editor of The Journal of Perinatal Education discusses the current health-care crisis and the need for health-care reform to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy childbirth. The editor also describes the contents of this issue, which offer a broad range of resources, research, and inspiration for childbirth educators in their efforts to promote normal birth.
authors.affiliation: WENDY C. BUDIN is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Perinatal Education. She is also the director of nursing research at NYU Langone Medical Center and a clinical professor at New York University, College of Nursing. She is a fellow in the American College of Childbirth Educators and is currently chair of the Lamaze International Certification Council.
authors.forename: Wendy C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Budin