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Category Archives: Government
Beyonce’s Baby Blunder
An official statement was made today that says Baby Blue is taking over a whole floor, but is in an executive suite, with their own security detail and that she was not born via c-section, scheduled or otherwise. As you’ve … Continue reading
Home Births and the Public Health Response: Free Webinar
There are some amazing presentations done in the public health grand rounds forums on a weekly basis at the MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center. The one this week will entice the birth activist crowd: Home Births and the Public Health … Continue reading
PUSH Summit Offers PUSH University
Are you working toward licensure for Certified Professional Midwives in your state? Are you planning to? Are you concerned about the future of VBAC and HBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean and home birth after cesarean)? Have you been frustrated by … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Government, Homebirth, Midwifery
Tagged MANA, Midwifery, PUSH SUMMIT, The Big Push for Midwives
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Giving you my 1/2 cent.
For a over a decade now Miami-Dade County’s Jackson Memorial has been collecting a half-cent sales tax to fund need care to the community at Jackson’s various campuses. Since voters passed it in 1991, the tax, goosed by the booming economy, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Government, Midwifery
Tagged closing maternity wards, florida, hospitals, taxes
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Modern Midwifery.
Midwives in New York need our help. Free Our Midwives is campaigning the New York State legislature to pass the Midwifery Modernization Act before the summer break. This is a piece of legislation that would free NY midwives from the … Continue reading
CDC Releases Home Birth Data
Today the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released some much anticipated data regarding home birth from 1990 to 2006. Inside the released data, it showed an increasing trend in out of hospital births. Home births rose about 5% from … Continue reading
Tobacco Companies & Formula Companies
I was listening to the radio today and they were talking about how Canada is going to sue the tobacco companies to help pay for all the health care dollars that smoking related illness has caused.? It’s already been done … Continue reading
Outrage Over the CDC & Circumcision
There has been a great outpouring of rage over the anticipation of the CDC’s release of new guidelines that would recommend routine circumcision for all newborn boys in the United States. ?This blog is, however, one of action, not merely … Continue reading
Birth and Healthcare Reform
“$13 to $20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding.” ? Frank Oski, MD, Professor and Director, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine When I read this … Continue reading