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Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss free birthers.
FOOTNOTES:
- About Yolande
- Rise of the 'free birthers': These women are choosing to give birth without medical help — and at least one baby has died
- Home birth advocate’s baby dies during free birth, prompts questions
- An Infant’s Death Has Sparked A Heated Debate Around The "Free Birth" Movement
- She Wanted a ‘Freebirth’ at Home. When the Baby Died, the Attacks Began
- Why American infant mortality rates are so high
- Home births 'as safe as hospital'
- Woman: Doctor Told Me to “Shut Up and Push”
- What Is "Birth Rape"?
- Birthrape. Birthrape. Birthrape. Birthrape. Birthrape.
- The hallmark of women who choose freebirth: emotional immaturity
- Home deliveries
- Emilee Saldaya is as ethically responsible for baby Journey Moon’s death as if she had taken out a gun and shot her
- Radical Birth Keeper Consultation
- Rise in ‘freebirthing’ suggests women feel midwives and doctors are ignoring their needs
- Why do some women choose to freebirth? A meta-thematic synthesis, part one
- Free Birth Society Instagram
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