I considered home birth with my 6th ... well, my friend’s basement ... because it was such a nuisance figuring out what to do with my five other children, and I considered having my 7th on the lawn at the Fire Department. However, in both cases, I managed to make it to the hospital after squaring away all the siblings. I’ve known people who had successful home births and people who had bad outcomes, but the same is true with hospital births, so I’m neutral.
I think the real issue in this case is that the midwives have some sort of ideology going on that is unrelated to patient health. It’s worth noting that midwives’ organizations tend to be stridently pro-abortion.
You're probably right. Most of the Midwives are a bit ...well...crunchy and progressive.
In Utah we have a Midwives with a more traditional view about the importance of life. I guess I've been fortunate. I did my homebirths back in the early 1980's. The direction of the country has changed a great deal since then.