I hate politics. I hate the fact that so many people believed in Obama's "change" bullshit. I can't believe that Americans are so ignorant. Actually, I can. People are morons. We should buy an island and create our own politician-free country and only let brilliant folk like ourselves inhabit it.
There is NO state in which it would have been illegal for you to have a home birth. There are several states (49, I think) in which it would have been illegal for your midwife to have attended the birth.
What I meant by illegal was that it is illegal to have a midwife come to your home and assist you in a home birth.. you'd have to essentially go it completely alone to have a "legal" homebirth. Which is crap. How can it possibly be more dangerous to have a midwife around, even if she isn't licensed, than just doing it alone? Which, I guess is cool too if you want to fly solo, but I personally would want some assistance.
And it can't possibly be 49 states, it is legal in both Oregon and Washington where I live to have a midwife assisted homebirth.
Yes, you are right, I meant to say 24 states, not 49. Last spring, Idaho became the 26th state to pass legislation authorizing the practice of direct-entry midwifery. Find out more at thebigpushformidwives.org .
Again, just to clarify, it is not illegal in any state *for you* to have a midwife-attended homebirth, it is only illegal *for the midwife* to do so.
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Every day a little piece of my soul dies when I remember that Obama won a peace prize while he sends people to war. *slits wrists*
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And it can't possibly be 49 states, it is legal in both Oregon and Washington where I live to have a midwife assisted homebirth.
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Again, just to clarify, it is not illegal in any state *for you* to have a midwife-attended homebirth, it is only illegal *for the midwife* to do so.
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