Too good to pass by
Head over to The Angry Black Woman to read a huge link fest on reproductive justice. Wow. Just wow. Further wowing to be had from Helen Razer who offered us some great tips on Vajazzling in time for...
View ArticleLegal Regulation of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Via the ever marvellous Feminist Law Professors. As personhood of the foetus is foisted on Australian women via the backdoor of homebirth legislation, we should be paying attention to this. Legal...
View ArticleRisks of Caesarean Section – a CIMS information sheet
The Risks of Cesarean Section A Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Fact Sheet © 2010 Coalition for Improving Maternity Services. Permission granted to freely reproduce with attribution. 1500...
View ArticleWeasel words revealed by the government
In a nicely Orwellian turn of phrase where we’re assured that our choices are being expanded, the government deigned to share some of their maternity “care” plans with us. Finally. The AMA’s choices...
View ArticleInternational day of the midwife May 5
You are a midwife, assisting at someone else’s birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so...
View ArticleThe real birth wars
The “quality and safety framework” has been released. My response looks like this: Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com Tweet
View ArticleOpening your window to birth
Birth, she is dying. This primal and unspeakably powerful initiation, the only road to motherhood for our ancestors, has been stripped of her dignity and purpose in our times. Birth has become a...
View ArticleNo Virginia, abortion isn’t legal in Australia
“For years, women in Queensland have been assured that the anti-abortion laws were a ‘dead letter’ – that they would never be used. Now a young woman and her partner are facing trial under these laws...
View ArticleAre we free?
Canberra Rally v.2.0 25 June 2015 I acknowledge that we meet today on the land of the Ngunnawal people whose land was never ceded. I pay tribute to their...
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