Throwing out the lies with the birth water is a documentary about a woman’s right to give birth at home. It outlines the key issues for birth choices in the Blue Mountains, NSW. It follows one woman’s journey before, during and after her homebirth. It questions the definitions of risk in birth and the notions [...]

Tags: birth in Australia, obstetric monopoly, reproductive freedom
Filed under: consumers' rights, homebirth campaign, reproductive justice, surgical discourse

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Homebirth. It just is.

Tags: Australia, commentary that bites, feminism, homebirth, homebirth science not obstetric superstition, human rights, obstetric monopoly, reproductive freedom
Filed under: homebirth campaign, reproductive justice

The “quality and safety framework” has been released. My response looks like this: Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com The real birth wars

Tags: commentary that bites, homebirth science not obstetric superstition, human rights, misinformation campaign, obstetric monopoly, personhood of the foetus, pesky pesce, reproductive freedom
Filed under: bullshit, careproviders, consumers, consumers' rights, homebirth campaign, midwives, midwifery, reproductive justice, surgical discourse, surgical monopoly

Via the ever marvellous Feminist Law Professors. As personhood of the foetus is foisted on Australian women via the backdoor of homebirth legislation, we should be paying attention to this. Legal Regulation of Pregnancy and Childbirth Courtney G. Joslin University of California, Davis – School of Law The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion, University of Chicago [...]

Tags: feminist law professors, human rights, obstetric monopoly, personhood of the foetus, reproductive freedom
Filed under: consumers' rights, feminism, reproductive justice, surgical discourse, surgical monopoly

I’m in danger of becoming a groupie. I was already wildly grateful for her work but after a morning of reading about pole dancing being a sport, how Australia lacks women in parliament, and how women aren’t too fussed by the unspeakable misogyny of Tony Abbott (and neither are men), it was such a relief [...]

Tags: caesarean, feminism, henci goer, homebirth after previous caesarean, misinformation campaign, obstetric monopoly, reproductive freedom
Filed under: consumers, consumers' rights, feminism, surgical discourse, surgical monopoly

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 [...]

Tags: human rights, obstetric monopoly
Filed under: consumers' rights, homebirth campaign, midwives, midwifery

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, [...]

Tags: obstetric monopoly, pesky pesce
Filed under: consumers' rights, homebirth campaign, surgical monopoly