10:28 pm - Rant: childbirth choices in the US
You should see the movie "The Business of Being Born." Put it on your Netflix queue, if you have one.
Why? This is why.
It's a statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists against homebirth. What you're seeing here, between this statement and the movie, is a conflict over the cultural framing of childbirth: should it be treated as a normal event, with occasional complications that require medical attention, or should it be treated as a medical procedure even when nothing goes wrong?
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