All Things Birth Choices

I am a homebirthing mom.  I have had 4 of my six children at home; of the two born in hospital one was with midwives and the other was a c-section due to a breech position.  (You can read all but one of my birth stories; just click on the tab above called Our Birth Stories.)  I am a great advocate of couples being able to birth in the way that suits them best.  So when I read this story about a family in Essex County that had a baby removed from their home over the refusal of a c-section I was appalled.  I read the comments, including some of those who commented after I first read the blog post and then went searching for this "Rights of a Pregnant Patient" bill.  I'd heard of it before but never really paid much attention, being that I wasn't pregnant at the time or for whatever reason.  I found a copy of THE PREGNANT PATIENT'S BILL OFRIGHTS and thought I'd share it here.