n this episode, I speak with Leonie Rainbird Savin about the realities and risks of choosing to freebirth in a system that often punishes autonomy. We discuss: Why some women choose to birth without medical professionals present The punitive responses from children’s services and other state bodies How coercion, surveillance, and fear are weaponised against mothers who step outside the system And what safety really means when it comes to birth This is an urgent conversation about bodily sovereignty, parental rights, and the fight to keep birth free from institutional control.