WaPo: Midwives in Legal Limbo
“Athens, Ga.: What do you think about the free-birth movement? No mid-wives or any other medical professional, just the mother delivering the baby alone. I don’t trust doctors or hospital at all. I think they’re only out to charge you as much money as they can, without any regard to your health, so the free-birth idea appeals to me.
Kitty Ernst: I just read an article from Canada about this. Actually it has been going on for some time. I think we should have a system where women are not pumped up with fear and that would cover her no matter where she chose to give birth or with whom she chose or did not choose to be with her. I would counsel her that we are here if she needs us and educate her to the infrequent complications that may require medical intervention and then be available. There are few women in the U. S. that could or would take this leap.”
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