"Ah, see, you misunderstood us..." [Say the Democrats in MO] "What we meant was "choice to ABORT your baby," [they chuckle softly and condescendingly to themselves] "not to DELIVER it the way you want! You silly woman! Don't you know? So many things can go wrong delivering a baby!"
Note who's supporting the midwives, and who's supporting tyranny.
It’s not clear how many midwives there are in Missouri because they operate through a shadow network."They can’t stand up and say who they are, and they can’t advertise in the Yellow Pages," said Columbia physician Elizabeth Allemann, who attended to the Shermans’ birth last week. "People have told me it would probably be easier to do a drug deal in Missouri than to find a midwife."
Sen. John Louden, R-Ballwin, who is sponsoring the Senate bill, said one of the main legislative opponents is Columbia Sen. Chuck Graham, a Democrat.
Graham said he hasn’t read this year’s bill, but if it looks like last year’s - and it does - he will consider filibustering it.
Graham said he has no problem with nurse midwives but believes the training most midwives receive is inadequate. "There are so many things that can go wrong with the birthing process," he said. "I think we should have people with a significant amount of medical training before the state starts licensing him."
Medical groups, including the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians, have spoken out against most midwifery because they believe home births are too risky.
Louden’s bill would require those who want to become licensed in the state to be certified through the North American Registry of Midwives. The organization, based in Lilburn, Ga., certifies midwives who have completed course work, passed a written exam and meet other requirements, such as attending to at least 20 out-of-hospital births and demonstrating a variety of skills.
Graham is not impressed.
Rebekah and Ben Sherman share a light moment as physician Elizabeth Alleman checks Nathan’s eyes. The Shermans’ two previous children were born with a midwife’s help, which is illegal in Missouri.
"I just don’t trust someone taking an Internet course and then the state saying, ‘Hey, go deliver babies,’ " he said.
So fine! Don't "license" them! Just don't criminalize them! Let women make their (here's a thought) OWN CHOICE ABOUT THEIR BODIES!!
Interesting point of view for a DEMOCRAT who's pro-choice! Where's NARAL on this? Where's Planned Parenthood or any of the other "CHOICE" people? Doesn't "choice" mean having the choice to DELIVER your baby the way you want, or just the choice to kill it the way you want?
Sorry if I'm coming off really angry, but I am, I really really am. I am outraged for these women and before anyone says to me "Well you don't live in MO, so what do you care?" I'll say "OK, well you don't live in Alabama, so what do you care if R v. W were overturned and women couldn't get abortions there?
Gee, it's a good thing the women of MO fifty or a hundred years ago didn't HAVE to find an OB or an RN to deliver their babies
What's next? You have to have a license to get pregnant in the first place? I mean, there are so many things that could go wrong! What if you eat wrong, or don't watch your BP, or refuse prenatal care (egads!!)
(tries to calm self, goes to find paper bag to stop hyperventilation)
AAARGH!
It's a felony--a FELONY--to deliver a baby in MO in your own home with the help of a midwife of YOUR CHOOSING, but hey, go right ahead and have Dr. Tiller do a late-term abortion on you b/c you're feeling a little down in the dumps, that's cool, at least he's a "doctor."
Excuse me while I go PUKE.
Deb--you didn't think you were going to get away scot-free, did you?
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