Sure they can give birth at home. BUT!! If anything goes wrong don’t let them show up at the hospital and then sue the doctor because he doesn’t get a good result. With this choice comes responsibility.
I agree with you...but I will add that we probably in the minority here. I support home delivery as an option/choice...but moms to be need to not see this not as an ‘agenda’ but a rational choice. There is a reason why maternal/infant mortality rates have dropped in western countries...medical intervention. Does a hospital/clinical setting take away from the ‘personal, homey, family centered atmosphere?’ yes. But the average stay is less than 48 hours...can I rationalize 48 hours of impersonality, a hospital bed and visiting hours for the security of knowing that an OR is moments away if needed or NICU is just upstairs...yes. To me that is important...because I know how fast things can go wrong.