The Business of Being Born

In America today, birth is a billion dollar business. But who is really benefiting?

Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America

• Release date
• January 9, 2008
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Abby Epstein

Cast

Abby Epstein Self Ina May Gaskin Self Ricki Lake Self Julia Barnett Self

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Tina Cassidy Self Robbie Davis-Floyd Self