Healthcare as Sanctuary: ICE, Birthing People, and Justice for Immigrants

The UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) is a multi-year, transdisciplinary research effort aimed at reducing the burden of prematurity. Funded by Lynne and Marc Benioff and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UCSF PTBi  harnesses the talent of transdisciplinary scientific, clinical, and community expertise to stop the epidemic of prematurity in its tracks.

UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative

Immigration practices on pregnant people and families, examine federal policies that permit and restrict ICE interaction in healthcare

<p>US immigrant communities are experiencing worsening perinatal health outcomes and widening health disparities at the hands of certain federal policies. For our September Collaboratory, we are collaborating with UCSF midwifery students to understand the impact of current immigration practices on pregnant people and families, examine federal policies that permit and restrict Customs Enforcement (ICE) interaction in healthcare settings and detail points of intervention. </p><p>What will be covered:</p><ul><li>The impact of white supremacist, racist, and xenophobic immigration policies on perinatal health outcomes of immigrants and surrounding communities.</li><li>How current federal immigration policies allow and restrict ICE entrance to and interactions in health care settings.</li><li>Clinic and hospital policies that can be implemented to protect undocumented patients from ICE and work towards creating healthcare settings where patients can access equitable healthcare without fear of deportation or adverse impacts on their immigration status.</li><li>Concrete actions that listeners can take in policy and advocacy arenas for mitigating xenophobic oppression.</li></ul>

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