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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not really about Evelyn, it's about reproductive rights, including where a woman has a right to give birth.

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This is a difficult question. One of the charges against her comes from a VBAC at home that resulted in rupture and infant death.

Should a woman be allowed to attempt a VBAC at home? I don't know. There is another party involved, a term baby. [/quote]

I'm sorry, but no, it's not a difficult question. You don't get to make decisions about my body in the interest of my baby. [/quote]

If you want to convince the many people who disagree with you, just stating your view is unlikely to do it. I'm pro-choice in many ways but a full term baby is not the mother's to dispose of as she sees fit. Maybe the science will show that home VBACs are safe enough that she gets to make the call. That's fine.

But let's say there was a condition for which homebirth led to infant death 20 percent of the time versus 1 percent of the time in a hospital.  The baby has enough rights that I would ask the government to forbid homebirth in that scenario.

Children are people who have rights the government protects. Parents get a lot of leeway, yes. Parents have the right to make risky calls. But above a certain risk level, the government intervenes. A full term baby is not an embryo, it is a person. [/quote]

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