The lying bastards of the Australian Ministry of Health have released an amendment to the proposed legislation which will affect midwifery care in Australia. In short, there will be no true midwifery care.
There will be people who will argue that a midwife under the auspices of an obstetrician is better than no midwife at all. Maybe. But we know for a fact - BC's recent study proves it - that outcomes are better for midwife-attended homebirths than for midwife-attended hospital births, so why deny women that choice? We also know that midwives and doctors who refuse to play by regressive, interventionist, choice-limiting or -eliminating rules routinely have their privileges revoked. So I call a big ol' bull$hit on anyone who claims that this is better than nothing.
"Better than nothing" is a stupid, idiotic argument. It is NOT GOOD ENOUGH (and yes, I am yelling. Hell, I'm screaming!).
My DH weighs in on this issue from a political perspective here.
That DH of yours seems mighty intelligent... and shockingly good-looking.
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