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2020-08-13T10:42:58.747Z


Jodie Turner-Smith decided to have her child at home because of the corona pandemic. But that wasn't the only reason for a home birth.


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Jodie Turner-Smith: "Like the world has taken a break"

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The actors Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson made a conscious decision to have their child at home because of the corona pandemic.

Turner-Smith couldn't have imagined that hospitals across the country would force mothers to give birth without a supportive person. "The birth at home ensured that I had full freedom of choice when it came to childbirth support," said People magazine Turner-Smith from the British Vogue.  

Apparently, the measures due to the spread of the coronavirus were not the only reason for the decision: Turner-Smith was concerned that she could suffer disadvantages in the hospital because of her black skin. "We were concerned about the negative birth effects for black women," she said, according to People. According to the US Center for Disease Control (CDC), black women are more than three times more likely to suffer from pregnancy-related death than white women.

"To me, that suggests systemic racism," said Turner-Smith.   

The protests after the death of George Floyd had also shaped her first time as a mother: "Sometimes I wonder how I should explain to my daughter what it means to be born in 2020," she told Vogue. "The historical events, the social unrest, and me - a new mother just trying to do her best." She is considering telling her daughter that it was like the world took a hiatus when she was born, "and that, hopefully, she never got back to what she was before."

Turner-Smith last played in the movie "Queen & Slim" about a black couple who shoots a policeman during an escalated police check and is then wanted.

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Source: spiegel

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