Category Archives: homebirth campaign
Joyous Birth’s senate submission Part the Fiftieth
Not content with sharing the lurve of the previous enquiries into who really owns women’s bodies human rights Homebirth in Australia, here is the submission sent today to the next enquiry which I predict will find that women want midwives and to be in charge of their own birth and will result in the AMA’s [...]
The Real Birth Wars *graphic warning*
Those not from around here might need a little explanation about this post.
The dude in the suit peering at the baby he’s imprisoned in a plastic box, away from it’s mother, is Dr Andrew Pesce, current head of the AMA. I heard a rumour he’s a docbot or was that a godbot? Either way, I’m [...]
Joyous Birth annual gathering!
I’ve been away in Adelaide attending the JB annual festival gathering. What a hoot! From henna and placenta talk to circus acts with participation, great food, wonderful women, lovely families, a chance to reconnect with other homebirthers working through what it’s like to be facing potential criminalisation, well it was just beautiful! I look forward [...]
Doctors to be in charge of midwives, homebirthing and of course, women
Today there were yet more rallies across Australia to draw attention to the immoral legislation currently before Parliament which seeks to remove women’s human rights and criminalise independent midwifery.
Maternity Coalition have put together a document which explains clearly the changes to the legislation and what they mean. My rage is hard to put into words [...]
RIP homebirth in Australia
We’ve watched as successive governments have whittled away at homebirth from the loss of insurance to the introduction of the fauxbirth schemes run through hospitals and now Homebirth Australia has resurfaced to tell us the news no one else hears since we’re just lowly old consumers.
We have just (and yes I mean in the last [...]
Consumers are not stakeholders, it would seem, when birth is discussed.
What should I do?
Nothing dear, you’re not qualified.
Welcome to how homebirth will look at your place – if you’re allowed to have one.
Some homebirth advocates (Wingnuts, Bernard, in case you don’t know what an Advocate is) met with the minister and learnt some interesting things. I quote from the report done up by Homebirth Access [...]
Some beautiful birth images and lovely homebirth families!
~ we love homebirth ~
How will you birth after July 2010?
Homebirth Awareness Year 2008
Links in the chain
Some blog deliciousness to get us all thinking more about the current draft legislation to outlaw homebirth midwifery in Australia.
http://allthatsazz.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-message-from-your-security.html
Warning warning feminist yumour ahead!
Important message from your Security Minister
Homebirthers may try to convince you that our actions are infringing on their human rights. This is an outrageous accusation given that half of all humans are [...]
If it involves women, it’s a feminist issue. Right? *possible triggers – rape mentioned*
Well it depends, apparently.
If it’s related to abortion and contraception, women in developing nations, refuges, domestic violence, rape (only certain kinds), equity, disabilities, pron, reproductive technologies (only certain kinds) refugees, perceived minorities (only certain kinds), misogyny, footballers, maternity leave, childcare, sole parents, equal party political representation, indigenous women, depictions of women in the media, fashion, [...]
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence.
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence.
Australian women face one of the greatest struggles for basic human rights they’ve ever faced.We have the vote, we have some semblance (lipservice) to equal pay, we can mostly put our children in childcare, rape makes it into the newspaper (insert mass disclaimers, but it IS there!), [...]
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