2025 Birth Justice Summit
Improving Perinatal Outcomes Through Education, Access, and Autonomy Across the Life Course
October 9, 2025
Birth Justice Summit 2025 Recap
Check out the program book, photos, and graphic recordings from the 2025 event below.
On October 9, 2025, more than 300 women, birthing people, healthcare professionals, government agencies, insurers, maternal support organizations, policy advocates, social-determinants-of-health experts, and community networks gathered for the second Birth Justice Philly Summit.
Guided by this year’s theme: Improving Perinatal Outcomes Through Education, Access, and Autonomy Across the Life Course, the summit served as a powerful platform to both celebrate progress and accelerate collective action toward reproductive equity.
Throughout the day, speakers, workshop leaders, and community voices advanced four core summit goals:
Advocate for policy changes that improve reproductive health outcomes;
Support clinical practices that reduce maternal mortality and morbidity;
Address social determinants of health that shape pregnancy and postpartum experiences;
Elevate community-based storytelling as a pathway to awareness, healing, and change.
