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Teaser for the upcoming documentary on homebirth in Australia - Face Of Birth

FOLLOWING the Government’s backwards changes to national midwifery regulations, thousands of Australian women are voicing their concern.

Collectively, thousands of voices have culminated in four women running as independent candidates in critical marginal seats in an attempt to talk to Australia’s law makers.?

AN overdue pregnant woman who planned a home birth has received an apology from health authorities after police turned up on her Bathurst doorstep when she failed to attend an appointment to be induced.

A HOSPITAL that wants a mother to have her baby induced sent police to her home after she failed to keep an appointment yesterday.

Rochelle Allan, who is reluctant to be induced even though her baby is 12 days overdue, was told by the hospital they intended to go ahead with the procedure when she came in.

Protest gathering outside AMA Victoria office in Wed 20 March.

National convener of Home Birth Australia, Jo Hunter, said as doctors were openly against home births this would not allow a pregnant woman to have a home birth with a midwife.

The Springwood resident said Blue Mountains had the highest number of home births per capita in NSW after Byron Bay.

She said Nepean also had a significant number of home births.

I am just home from the Rudd rally in Brisbane (ah the joys of living in rural NSW!).

I was so proud to be part of the birth reform movement today, so many wonderful women who came at short notice to yet again support homebirth and women’s rights.

“It will mean the death of home birthing if these amendments go through,” she said. “Midwives will be dependent on the approval of doctors for access to Medicare rebates… doctors will also have the right to veto a woman’s choice of care.”

Ms O’Driscoll said that the proposed amendment would result in more revenue for GPs.

Hundreds of WA women and children gathered outside Federal MP Stephen Smith’s Inglewood office this morning to protest changes to maternity services which they say will make home births illegal.

The women and children, many of whom were brought into the world through a home birth, joined other rallies across the nation outside the offices of Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Tanya Plibersek.

Ms Caines said the amendments, if passed, would mean doctors rather than prospective parents would be deciding whether or not births could happen at home and midwives would be denied Medicare payments for services if they could not prove collaborative arrangements.

“Doctors will have the ability to veto home births for whatever reason and as such threaten women’s rights,” she said.