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How The Internet Spawned A Baby-Killing Cult

Behind the Bastards

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Free Birth - The Turf of the Birthing Community

Studies have been done on the free birthing community in the US and Australia. The researchers findings across all studies agreed that women ought to retain full control and autonomy throughout their experience of giving birth. And need they felt maternity services were unable to meet. This is a midwives like organization rejection of the medical and midwifery models of birth faith in the birth process autonomy and agency. There was a prevailing sense of choosing to free birth in order to retain choice control and autonomy over their bodies during the birth process. It's about control. Another analysis I found on the conversation backs up this interpretation quote, where home birth services were available.

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