This webinar, led by Farah Diaz-Tello, Staff Attorney at National Advocates for Pregnant Women, will provide an overview into basic legal concepts that form the underpinnings of rights relevant during pregnancy and birthing. Concepts covered will include informed consent and refusal, patient abandonment, and potential remedies for rights violations. This session will offer participants an understanding of the principles that protect their medical decision making, and recommendations for changing policies that create barriers to the exercise of this important right.