Physicians Have an Ethical Obligation to be Honest Spokespersons for Medical Science ~

by faithgibson June 3, 2021

The Obligation of Physicians to be Unbiased  Spokespersons and “Honest Brokers” for all of Medical Science including Obstetrical Medicine  In the United States, physicians (MDs) are the natural spokespersons for the scientific discipline of allopathic medicine. While that status bestows many privileges, those privileges are matched by many responsibilities unique to the medical profession. The […]

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Response to NYT Editorial on the High Cost of Health Care ~ November 25, 2007

by faithgibson June 3, 2021

Originally published on the front page of my “NormalBirth.org” website I am reposting this essay from 2007 as an example of how the story never really changes — we still have an obstetrical system that systematically imposes harmful and unnecessary interventions and surgical procedures on healthy women with normal pregnancies. This unproductively expensive, totally unrepentant […]

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Maternal mortality in the past and its relevance to developing countries today | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Oxford Academic

by faithgibson January 17, 2021

Maternal mortality in the past and its relevance to developing countries today Irvine Loudon The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2000, Pages 241S–246S, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/72.1.241S Published: 01 July 2000   Spoiler alert:   Midwives: Yes! Over the last two hundred-plus years professional midwives as a normal part of the maternity care system […]

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Understanding why the American obstetrical model doesn’t work very well for anyone & does so at an annual cost of $1.600,000,000,000

by faithgibson January 9, 2021

$1,600,000,000,000 is $1.6 billion, or the annual cost of obstetrical services in the US Excerpt of a 10-29-2010 email to Dr. Ruth Haskins, California obstetrician and seated member of the state Medical Board’s Midwifery Advisory Council Editor’s Note: I posted this because it is an excellent synopsis of why the contemporary obstetrical profession in America […]

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The Ultimate Nightmare: The Ruthless Rules of Reality ~ what can happen to families when abortions is illegal

by faithgibson October 14, 2020

Reading time ~ 8 minutes An excerpt from a previous post Use the Tiny ULR below to read the original, full-length article on how abortion was turned into a political football in 1971 by Nixon’s White House adviser Pat Buchanan in order to sway Roman Catholics & conservative Christians to vote for Nixon’s re-election. Nixon […]

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