Okay, the last story on DN, Gov. Rick Perry said he was going to refuse the Obama Healthcare, which would mean he would refuse all money for medicaid.

So…I’d like to see Gov. Perry look a young pregnant and poor woman in the eyes and tell her that she can’t go for prenatal checkups.  Is this what they mean by compassionate conservatives?  Why is it that when a woman wants to end the pregnancy with abortion that they say that she can’t do that because life is precious, but then deny her healthcare in order to have a healthy child?

On the flip side, she should be allowed to choose her provider— i.e., a midwife with a home birth is what she prefers, then that should be covered, as well.  I have to laugh when I hear stories of how shocked people are when women who birth on their own “before the medical profession can intervene”…as if women have only given birth in hospitals since time began…

Newsflash:  obstetricians, who make their $$ off of hospital births, are claiming that home births are much more dangerous than hospital births…

…meanwhile, bankers say that people who finance their homes through private lenders at lower interest rates are in danger of…of…of….well, they don’t know, but terrible, terrible things happen when people start making independent decisions…/snark

Back to the article–the shocking rate of 32% of births being made through Caesarean is outrageous.  Interference with the natural birth process so you won’t get sued means you’re in the wrong profession (if you’re that inept).  And you might note the reference that C-sections cost more $$…jaysus h, if they’re using it for making a profit, that is unconscionable!

The UK has this website up–gives women more information so they can make a decision.  Good God, what will they think of next? Allowing women to wear pants? /snark

I know that if I were better informed, I would have had my kids at home.  The hospital births were  a nightmare and the interference by the doctors and staff made it miserable instead of a joyous occasion.  And I’ve read that the position of the woman being on her back (which I was) is the most dangerous position for her to labor in…but it’s more convenient for doctors…perhaps someone should bring that up when they claim to be worried about the safety of home births.