On AlterNet: midwives

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Improved Prenatal Care Could Reduce Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality

Amy Romano, RH Reality Check. July 7, 2010.

Complete prenatal care shouldn't be a privilege, but only some expecting moms get all the health attention they need.

No Passports, No Freedom of Movement for Many Mexican-Americans

Roberto Lovato, New America Media. September 23, 2008.

Thousands of people of Mexican descent were subjected to unmeetable demands to prove that they are citizens of the US before getting a passport.

The Truth About Home Births

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. August 18, 2008.

Home births presided over by trained midwives are as safe as hospital births. Yet many in the medical community present midwifery as dangerous.

Are Women Having Too Many C-sections?

Melinda Tuhus, Women's eNews. February 8, 2007.

C-sections are being performed in the U.S. at a rate that far exceeds international recommendations. A clash over the high rate and related health issues has broken out between midwives and obstetricians.