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We Don’t Have to Imagine the Consequences of Abortion Bans – Just Look to the Past ~ Report frm TIME

by faithgibson on May 20, 2019

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Easy-to-share link for this post: https://tinyurl.com/y59886kh Link to original TIME article  BY LESLIE J. REAGAN  MAY 16, 2019 On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the nation’s most extreme abortion bill. If it goes into effect, it would ban abortion almost entirely in the state — in every stage of ­pregnancy — and make it a felony […]

The Me-3 Movement: An Action Plan that ends the inappropriate routine use of ineffective & potentially-dangerous obstetrical practices (c-EFM, assoc. C-sections) as the 21st century obstetrical standard for healthy women with normal pregnancies

by faithgibson on May 10, 2019

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics, OB Interventions: Dubious or Detrimental

Gibson Report_2019#3 Easy-2-share link to this post: https://tinyurl.com/y53plzej Mayday Series Chapter 5 Me-2 gives rise to Me-3 ~ a new political action platform for dealing with women’s biology and reproductive health issues: Me-2 –-> A contemporary women’s movement specifically related to exposing and combating inappropriate gender-related issues relative to sexual conduct in which the male […]

Mayday! Chapter 4 ~ A Call to all Americans to fix a problem that’s wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths

by faithgibson May 4, 2019

Chapter 4 ~ American obstetrics in the 21st century: A conundrum of ethical dilemmas and irrational dichotomies Tiny URL ~  https://tinyurl.com/y48tcu6g But first, a brief recap of chapter three’s post: As described in great detail in the post for Day 3, childbirth in America in the centuries before modern obstetrics became available was a grim […]

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Mayday! Chapter 3 ~ A Call to all Americans to fix a problem that’s wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths

by faithgibson May 4, 2019

Easy-to-share link:  https://tinyurl.com/y3rbgdet Chapter 3 But first, a brief synopsis of chapter 2 Obstetrics — Before and after the rise of modern medical science Scientific obstetrics remains one of the most important medical miracles of all times. Before childbearing women and newborns had access to modern obstetrical medicine and equipped hospitals, simply being a childbearing […]

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Mayday! Mayday! Chapter 2 ~ Calling all Americans to fix a problem that’s wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths

by faithgibson May 2, 2019

Easy link for sharing ~https://tinyurl.com/y5gsetf6 Chapter 2 How did obstetrics in America stray so far from its foundations? Before addressing this complex question, it’s helpful to step back and look at the big picture from an historical perspective. A little trip in the Way-Back Machine This Mayday series is a search for answers. One of […]

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