Comments on: If it involves women, it’s a feminist issue. Right? *possible triggers – rape mentioned* http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2009/10/12/if-it-involves-women-its-a-feminist-issue-right-possible-triggers-rape-mentioned/ Where birth and feminism intersect. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emma http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2009/10/12/if-it-involves-women-its-a-feminist-issue-right-possible-triggers-rape-mentioned/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Emma Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:24:28 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=23#comment-2448 "Home birthing is a dangerous choice, which pays no regard to the rights of the unborn child to a safe and healthy birth with the best care available." Funny, that's pretty much how I feel about hospital birth. Of course, it depends very much on your definitions of "safe", "healthy", and "best care". If safe/healthy=alive and care=as many machines as possible, then I guess I would be - how does our friend put it - <i>reasonably happy</i> with hospital birth being the best choice. I don't choose home birth because I'm selfish and I want an "experience". I choose it because I believe going to hospital is risky and dangerous, and it is safer for me AND FOR MY BABY to stay home. Pays no regard to my child's rights? Clueless. Personhood of the foetus is frightening. Being told we can't be trusted with our bodies (and what that implies for the future) is frightening. <b>I am not a womb-pod.</b> “Home birthing is a dangerous choice, which pays no regard to the rights of the unborn child to a safe and healthy birth with the best care available.”

Funny, that’s pretty much how I feel about hospital birth.

Of course, it depends very much on your definitions of “safe”, “healthy”, and “best care”.

If safe/healthy=alive and care=as many machines as possible, then I guess I would be – how does our friend put it – reasonably happy with hospital birth being the best choice.

I don’t choose home birth because I’m selfish and I want an “experience”. I choose it because I believe going to hospital is risky and dangerous, and it is safer for me AND FOR MY BABY to stay home.

Pays no regard to my child’s rights? Clueless.

Personhood of the foetus is frightening. Being told we can’t be trusted with our bodies (and what that implies for the future) is frightening. I am not a womb-pod.

]]> By: Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2009/10/12/if-it-involves-women-its-a-feminist-issue-right-possible-triggers-rape-mentioned/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 Janet Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:25:28 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=23#comment-2411 Thanks for sharing, Marge. I think the undercurrent of human rights abuse is being made plain at the moment all over the world. Most people in Australia don't realise abortion is on the criminal code and the recent trial in Cairns showed that the right wing are giving it a go, right now, just as they are around homebirth. They've been successful in getting personhood of the foetus into practice via this legislation, a fact which appears to have missed abortion advocates right by despite how some of us have kept on saying it the last few years. Our definition of violence against women needs to be reconsidered and birthing women no longer relegated to some embarassing back seat of feminist thought as collaborators. Thanks for sharing, Marge. I think the undercurrent of human rights abuse is being made plain at the moment all over the world. Most people in Australia don’t realise abortion is on the criminal code and the recent trial in Cairns showed that the right wing are giving it a go, right now, just as they are around homebirth. They’ve been successful in getting personhood of the foetus into practice via this legislation, a fact which appears to have missed abortion advocates right by despite how some of us have kept on saying it the last few years.

Our definition of violence against women needs to be reconsidered and birthing women no longer relegated to some embarassing back seat of feminist thought as collaborators.

]]> By: Marge http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2009/10/12/if-it-involves-women-its-a-feminist-issue-right-possible-triggers-rape-mentioned/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Marge Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:47:37 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=23#comment-2401 This article isn't about homebirth rights but at this point in life I think that there's not much difference in the right to have a homebirth, the right to refuse maternity interventions, and the right to abortion. http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/09/its_not_rape_ra There's also a new video out called 'Legion' which has cast the fight to end access to abortion onto the silver screen. Also in play is the white knight there to save the damsel in distress, and the birth scene in which the mother has to be told to push 'cause women's bodies don't work on their own ya know. I'm convinced now that people are into violating women's rights in order to make sure that the new Messiah doesn't get either aborted or stillborn. Like a Messiah would need the help in the first place! Very scary to be looking into the future and seeing women's rights being revoked-again. This article isn’t about homebirth rights but at this point in life I think that there’s not much difference in the right to have a homebirth, the right to refuse maternity interventions, and the right to abortion.

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/09/its_not_rape_ra

There’s also a new video out called ‘Legion’ which has cast the fight to end access to abortion onto the silver screen. Also in play is the white knight there to save the damsel in distress, and the birth scene in which the mother has to be told to push ’cause women’s bodies don’t work on their own ya know.

I’m convinced now that people are into violating women’s rights in order to make sure that the new Messiah doesn’t get either aborted or stillborn. Like a Messiah would need the help in the first place!

Very scary to be looking into the future and seeing women’s rights being revoked-again.

]]> By: Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2009/10/12/if-it-involves-women-its-a-feminist-issue-right-possible-triggers-rape-mentioned/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Janet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:42 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=23#comment-41 Well it was great to hear from you! Well it was great to hear from you!

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