Posted on 02/19/2010 8:45:03 AM PST by Jenny Hatch
The MSM of Australia has tried to suppress the backlash to current political debates raging in that wonderful nation around the issue of Birth Freedom for Mothers.
The women of Australia have stood up and yelled MY BODY, MY RIGHT TO DECIDE!
With a huge hat tip to Kym Kani, Carolyn Hastie at Thinkbirth Blog, and especially Michelle Mears at My Birth dot com, here is an overview of the protests that took place yesterday all over Australia.
Let FREEDOM Ring!
Jenny Hatch
Jane Palmer's wonderful video montage of the rallies for women's right to choose what happens to their bodies in childbirth
And some media on the 'issue'
The Sunrise piece that seems to have stirred up the Government
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/play/-/6819641/
a TV piece from Chan 7 yesterday
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http://www.facebook.com/l/64996;www.mybirth.com.au/19-02-2010/women-rally-at
Nicola Roxon's response to collaboration agreements.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/19/2824133.htm
Roxon says: "I'm unapologetically on the record as saying let's encourage people across the health services spectrum to work together and make sure that women can safely choose options that are good for them and suit them.."
That's great in theory and obviously something that sounds very reasonable.
The question then has to be asked: So why not restrict doctors work unless they collaborate - they are the ones who make things difficult!
In reality, Roxon's 'encouragement' is only fueling the power imbalances and women are caught in the 'rip'.
The news laws currently in the Senate will remove a womans basic right to make decisions about the type of birth she has, the place of birth and her care provider.
Women have been protesting against this new legislation which puts power in the hands of the medical profession, instead of placing women at the centre of decisions made about their care during pregnancy and birth. The Australian Medical Association has lobbyed the Federal Government hard for changes to this legislation and women say NO you must place our rights ahead of the Dcotors pay packets.
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Man to woman: That baby inside you is only half yours got it.
Why would you say that about this issue? Their government is trying to force women to only give birth where they tell them to do it. There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to give birth at home if she is healthy and their are no complications.Honesty women have been having home births for many more decades than hospital births have been around!
complications you never know when they will happen.
Beautiful. Thanks for posting. I liked one woman’s t-shirt that said: “There is a secret in our culture and it’s not that birth is painful ... it is that women are strong”. Very cool. My dad was born on the farm in Texas. Doc came by and helped - $35. Our son was born in a hospital in Texas - $7000. I paid them $3000 and had to put the rest on a Visa card.
I hope this protest succeeds.
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