title: Commentary on the Consensus Statement-Centering the Norm: Let's Make "Normal Birth" Usual Again.
abstract: In this column, Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong provides expert commentary on the article "Supporting Healthy and Normal Physiologic Childbirth: A Consensus Statement by ACNM, MANA, and NACPM." The consensus statement on normal physiologic birth points the way to recenter social norms and expectations around birth.
authors.forename: Elizabeth Mitchell
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Armstrong
keywords: ACNM; MANA; NACPM; midwives; normal birth; physiologic birth