July 2012

Birth Activist Suzanne Arms ~ Words from a long-time friend

by faithgibson on July 16, 2012

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Suzanne is a long-time friend and fellow birth activist.  I thought others might be interested in her most recent work on behalf of the ecology of normal childbirth @@ @ @@ Birthing the Future Repost from July 13, 2012 by anngwyn (Dr. Anngwyn St Just, PhD The health care system as we have known it is in chaos, and this […]

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Standing up to the Daily Beast’s Rant ~ HBO Newsroom as a model for rebuttal

by faithgibson on July 1, 2012

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

On Wednesday journalist Michelle Goldberg published a blog on The Daily Beast characterizing PHB as ‘dangerous’ and CPM midwives to be inadequately trained and incompetent birth attendants. This opinion was formed from interviews and documents about a midwife-managed OOH labor that was transferred to the hospital in 2nd state and had a poor outcome. At […]

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