GOLD Speakers

Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD

• Country: United States of America

Biography:

Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD is an attorney and advocate for reproductive justice and human rights in pregnancy and childbirth, and the founder of the Birth Rights Law Project. Hermine works on legal actions related to informed consent violations, racism, and obstetric violence in pregnancy and childbirth, and advocates for midwives and doulas around the US and beyond.

Hermine began this work in The Hague, the Netherlands in 2012, and organized 6 international conferences relating to human rights in childbirth in the US, Europe, South Africa, and India. She is an expert in the intersection of childbirth, human rights, and the law.