Did you birth with a midwife? Then you must be a hedonist.
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 3:50PM ACOG is taking it to new heights, folks. This morning they took their anti-midwife/out-of-hospital position to new extremes on the morning airwaves. On this mornings' Today Show, members of the trade group the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists alleged that women who choose to birth out-of-hospital are hedonistic and even suggested that birthing with a midwife is akin to having a spa treatment. In addition to this drivel, they used one family's tragedy as a platform for their nationwide attempt to stamp out midwifery.
As usual, our friends at The Big Push for Midwives have things under control. Below is the full-text of their recent press release.
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PushNews from The Big Push for Midwives Campaign
CONTACT: Katherine Prown, (414) 550-8025, katie@thebigpushformidwives.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 11, 2009
Physicians Take Anti-Midwife Smear Campaign to the Airwaves
Home Birth Mothers, Celebrities Insulted on National TV
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 11, 2009)—Referring to women who choose to give birth in out-of-hospital settings as “hedonistic” and likening childbirth to a “spa treatment,” members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a trade group representing the professional and financial interests of OB/GYNs, took their anti-midwife campaign to the airwaves in a Today Show segment rife with insults, stereotypes, and misinformation, using one family’s tragedy as a platform for the organization’s well-funded assault against choices in childbirth.
“About the only thing ACOG has right is that women are choosing out-of-hospital deliveries in record numbers,” said Steff Hedenkamp of The Big Push for Midwives Campaign. “What Erin Tracy and other apologists for the group’s anti-midwife position fail to see is that one of the forces driving women to seek out-of-hospital care is the paternalistic, profit-driven model of maternity care that far too many of its own members provide.”
During the segment ACOG reiterated its claim, which has been thoroughly debunked by a large and growing body of medical literature, that out-of-hospital delivery is unsafe. Describing women who choose to give birth in private homes and freestanding birth centers as “hedonistic” mothers who knowingly put the lives of their babies at risk for the sake of an “experience” they believe will be like a “spa treatment,” members of the group echoed last year’s position statement claiming that women who choose out-of-hospital deliveries base their decisions on what’s “fashionable” or “trendy.”
“ACOG clings to this ridiculous fantasy that women choose to deliver their babies outside of the hospital because they want to be like Ricki Lake, Demi Moore or Meryl Streep and that if women would only watch enough fear- mongering stories on morning television they’ll be brainwashed back into hospitals,” said Katherine Prown, Campaign Manager of The Big Push for Midwives. “Insulting our intelligence and promoting policies that deny us choices in maternity care are not exactly winning strategies for stemming the tide of women seeking alternatives to standard OB care.”
Earlier this year, a New York City couple lost their baby during a planned home birth under the care of a Certified Nurse-Midwife. Licensed and regulated in all 50 states, Certified Nurse-Midwives are trained to provide hospital- based maternity care. By contrast, Certified Professional Midwives, who undergo specialized clinical training in out- of-hospital birth, are legally authorized to provide care in 26 states, although outdated regulations effectively prevent them qualifying for licensure in the state of New York.
Legislation to license and regulate Certified Professional Midwives is currently pending in an additional 18 states, despite staunch opposition from the American Medical Association, which has joined with ACOG in adopting position statements that would deny families who choose out-of-hospital maternity care legal access to nationally credentialed midwives with specialized training to provide it.
The Big Push for Midwives Campaign represents thousands of grassroots advocates in the United States who support expanding access to Certified Professional Midwives and out-of-hospital maternity care. The mission of The Big Push includes educating national policymakers about the reduced costs and improved outcomes associated with out-of-hospital birth and advocating for including the services of Certified Professional Midwives in health care reform.
Media inquiries: Katherine Prown (414) 550-8025, katie@thebigpushformidwives.org
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Reader Comments (14)
This is why I don't watch TV. When mainstream media is basically calling my rational intelligent informed choice a "fashionable/crazy" decision, I know it's time to pay attention to thousands of years of evolution. How did the species ever survive this long?
Imagine how far the Inquisition would have gotten with talk shows...
Yes, All the mothers I know and have witnessed birth, definitley Chose HB with a mw because they were pleasure seeking! That's it!
Why does one not seen any contrary view under comments on your website?
Have you discovered how to triage pregnancies for safety of delivery?
Suggest all proponents read this book: "A Midwife's Tale." This book chronicles the life of a Midwife in early America and is actually a diary describing her delivery outcomes. "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."
You should think twice before you try to "cherry- pick" pregnancies for home deliveries.
Everyone seems to think there is only one or the other choice! Why can't home birth be an option. If we let it be something that trained midwives with nursing degrees do with a hospital on call, there will not be a "huge number of infant deaths". Actually America has higher infant deaths now then many other developed nations. The option of a home birth that is legal in all states would take away from the need to "do it in secret" which then has a lot more risks. High risk pergnancies are not done in homes to start with. Second it does not have to be a religious thing. There are plenty of women whom choose the option that have no religious backgrounds. It comes to the point that women like to be able to have a baby in an environment that is supportive to her and the baby. If you have even watch a hospital birth in most states, it is not a pleasant choice. Cold, sterile, laying down, harsh lights, not much bonding time with mother, nurses that barely smile, not allowing much family involvement (if that is what is wanted) ..... I am choosing home birth because the hospitals have not caught up with the needs of women. When more states, like Alabama allow the option of more "home like" rooms, water births, etc, then maybe that will be a good middle ground for the other two extremes. Until then, we do what we can to have a birth that is a good experience for all involved that will also allow us to have a healthy baby.
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