Sign Petition for Women's Birthing Rights

[earthgirl]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/b...ome/index.html

Quote:

Whereas, women maintain the basic human rights of privacy, bodily integrity, and the rights to choose their care provider and place of birth; Whereas, the practice of giving birth in hospitals attended by doctors has coincided with rapidly rising rates of cesarean section, induction, epidural, and surgically assisted vaginal birth; Whereas, many of the physicians attending births in the hospital setting have contributed to the rise of the use of the aforementioned interventions, and have been unable or unwilling to change their training and practices to reverse these trends; Whereas, the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' positions against home birth are not based on scientific evidence, but on the financial and professional concerns of the physicians that participate in their organizations; Whereas, for the past century certain physicians have carried out campaigns to eradicate the practice of home birth to support their own professional gain; Whereas, home birth with either a Certified Nurse Midwife or a Certified Professional Midwife in attendance is scientifically proven to have outcomes equal to or better than hospital birth with fewer interventions and higher levels of satisfaction; Resolved, that the undersigned concerned citizens object to any legislation, either at the state or national level, which restricts a woman's right to choose her place to give birth, including her right to choose to birth at home.

[ctowndoula]

Ok, I have a naive question: Do online petitions help anything? Are they accepted by those who need to accept a petition...?

[Breathe Easy Doula]

[DoulaCBE]

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Originally Posted by ctowndoula Ok, I have a naive question: Do online petitions help anything? Are they accepted by those who need to accept a petition...?

Nope!
The best thing we can do is what we're doing. Informing women of their options, show them the Business of Being Born, and educate them on out of hospital birth and its safety.

ACOG is running scared folks, that's awesome!!!

[leticia]

i signed it already. how do you know they don't count for anything?

[earthangel]

Friday morning on June 20th, there were 300 signatures. It's Sunday morning and it is at nearly 3,000 signatures.

The petition might be sent to legislators and/or the AMA/ACOG. We're trying to find out who created it.

I contact legislators and people in office quite a bit and receive a personal reply either from them or their assistants/secretaries. My opinion has been considered on issues including education and vaccination legislature, so I have confidence that this petition will be fruitful. If it isn't, doesn't hurt to try.

Spread it far and wide - myspace, facebook, email lists, blogs, digg... make it go viral.

[LParks]

I don't know if it counts or not, but I'll sign as many things as I need to if there is even a small chance it will help.

[StellaBleu]

Wednesday evening (6/25) ~ 5,345 and counting.