ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses court cases that are setting precedents in the effort to provide childbearers what they need and want. Most countries signed on to the UDHR with the conclusion that some aspect of “universalism” can prevail, some bottom line of principles on which all nations should agree. The nation-states that promote Shari’a law as national law did not sign on. Feminists generally advocate for individual rights of women yet vary in that approach, even among Western countries. The chapter describes models of success in seeking justice across cultures in a neoliberal capitalist world, starting with the rise of an organization of attorneys called Human Rights in Childbirth. Several Human Rights in Childbirth conferences have occurred since the one in Den Haag- in Europe, the US, Africa, and India. Lawyers in these countries have created websites and created further practical documents.
