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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm actually OK with banning smoking and drinking for pregnant women. I know it will never happen, but if it did, I'd be fine with it.

Perhaps my example with a C-section wasn't right in your eyes. I don't know, pick another complicated scenario where a woman definitely should be under specialized medical care. Multiples? Severe breech? [b]Basically, you're saying that a mother has an unrestrained right to make medical decisions over her birthing process, even if these decisions lead to certain death of her baby, [/b]am I correct? Is this because you have trouble envisaging decisions during birthing that will *absolutely* lead to the baby's death?

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But honestly, what situation are you envisioning here?  I honestly cannot ever imagine a homebirther choosing such a thing.  As I've said before, I have NEVER met a homebirther -- even one on the so-called "fringe" -- who would choose her homebirth over the safety of her baby.  Homebirthers choose their birth because they feel it is the safest for both themselves and their baby.  And, for the record, breech babies (not sure what you mean by "severe" breech) and multiples have throughout all of history been born safely at home; and they still today can be born safely at home with a skilled midwife.[/quote]

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