AltWeeklies Wire
S.C. natural birth centers could face closure by state regulatorsnew
A North Charleston natural birth center and other birth centers around the state have been in danger of closing since September, when the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control began investigating them for compliance with state law. “We’re in limbo right now. I don’t really know what’s going to happen,” says Lesley Rathbun, owner and director of the Charleston Birth Place.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-22-2013 |
Policy Issues
Hispanics Delivered by Border Midwives Are Having Trouble Getting U.S. Passportsnew
David Hernandez just wants his passport, but the State Department won't give it to him. There is a history of midwife deception along the border, so the U.S. government has to be sure applicants are not using fraudulently filed birth certificates. Thus far, Hernandez has not convinced them that his is the real McCoy.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-23-2008 |
Sex
Alberta Finally Funds Midwiferynew
More than a decade after midwives in Alberta started lobbying to be fully funded under the public health-care system, the provincial government has granted their request.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Maureen McNamee |
10-23-2008 |
Science
Midwived Texans Cast into Citizenship 'Black Hole'new
A trio of recently filed federal lawsuits allege that the State Department is blacklisting kids born the ol'-fashioned way.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-17-2008 |
Children & Families
I Want My Midwife!new
The list of Orange Count hospitals that allow midwife-assisted births just got shorter -- but moms-to-be and midwives aren't taking it lying down.
Inside Baltimore's Home-Birth Undergroundnew
Disenchanted with a medical system that treats birth as an emergency instead of an emergence, seeking an alternative to the tubes and wires and monitors of a high-tech birth, some women are stepping outside of the hospital to have their babies. And some say their numbers are growing. But is home birth safe?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
07-01-2008 |
Sex
Midwives Fight for Home Births and Autonomynew
North Carolina's high rate of combined fetal and neonatal mortality rank it in the bottom sixth of the nation. The state is also one of only 11 in the country where the practice of midwifery outside the supervision of physicians is illegal. Some don't think that's a coincidence.
INDY Week |
Suzanne Nelson |
05-29-2008 |
Children & Families
Tribute to a Mother Who Gave Birth in a Barracknew
A Japanese-American daughter wonders about her birth in a U.S. concentration camp during World War II.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
05-09-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: childbirth
It's a Boy! We Made Sure of Itnew
Mass marketing of a way to choose your baby's gender opens an ethical can of worms, critics of the technology say.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
11-04-2004 |
Science
