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Letter to the US Supreme Court calling for humanitarian removal of Mr. Trump from the presidency under Article 25

by faithgibson on May 15, 2025

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Please use as much or as little of this to write your own letter to the Justices of the US Supreme Court.  f^ Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street, NE Washington, DC, 20543     May 14, 2025 Word Count: 717   Reading time: 2 minutes Faith Gibson, LM 3889 Middlefield Road Palo […]

The Increasing Trend in Caesarean Section Rates: Global, Regional and National Estimates: 1990-2014

by faithgibson on May 2, 2025

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

PLoS One 2016 Feb 5;11(2):e0148343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148343 The Increasing Trend in Caesarean Section Rates: Global, Regional and National Estimates: 1990-2014 Ana Pilar Betrán 1,*, Jianfeng Ye 2, Anne-Beth Moller 1, Jun Zhang 3, A Metin Gülmezoglu 1, Maria Regina Torloni 4 Editor: Hajo Zeeb5 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMCID: PMC4743929  PMID: 26849801 Abstract Background Caesarean section (CS) rates continue to evoke worldwide concern because of […]

Part 1: The Obstetricalized Normal Childbirth in Healthy Women and Elimination of Midwives as Provider of Maternity Care ~ 1820 to early 1900s

by faithgibson March 20, 2025

By Faith Gibson California Licensed Midwife 041 Series beginning March 08, 2025 Part 1: The Obstetricalized Normal Childbirth in Healthy Women and Elimination of Midwives as Provider of Maternity Care ~ 1820 to early 1900s Read from beginning  9:52 am Mar 20, 2025 History of the Word: Midwifery The word “midwifery” comes from 16th century […]

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From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940☆

by faithgibson March 7, 2025

From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940☆ Author links open overlay panelMelissa A. Thomasson a b, Jaret Treber c Show more https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001Get rights and content Abstract This paper examines the shift in childbirth from home to hospital that occurred in the United States in the early 20th century. Using a panel of city-level data over the period […]

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Commonwealth Fund identifies professional midwifery care as reducing our MMR & other social and economic benefits

by faithgibson March 6, 2025

An excerpt taken from the Commonwealth Fund’s article on disproportionately high Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States by faithgibson on March 1, 2025[edit] in Contemporary Childbirth Politics Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison   “Midwives are clinicians trained to provide a wide range of services — helping to manage normal pregnancies, assisting with […]

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