----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 60
minutes
Dear Justine,
Intelligent veiwers will see just in terms of
time and relative presentation of interviews, Liz Hayes empathy that the
program was biased.
Trouble is how many will analyse
it??
Two prominent journalists both who were "very
informed' of the horror alternatives and one who lost a baby from a determined
effort to have natural birth but saved the next with a C/s and prominent
doctor how can any natural childbirth advocate speak out against them
....
How can any one speak out and suggest bias
let alone it was also negligent and insulting to anyone who does not
agree with the right of any and all woman to choose vaginal by pass
surgery - hang the costs or consequences to the majority of women and our
community!!
Hang the wonders of childbirth, and the wishes
and the efforts of the majority of pregnant, all the research about what is
safe and the risks of intervention, let alone surgery and 30 national
enquiries, escalating costs, the pain of mothers and babies and now increasing
maternal deaths !!
Let alone sidelining and dismissing midwives
"she only had a midwife" ........
How low can journalists sink??
More
importantly can we let this one go publicly unchallenged??
Denise
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:44
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 60
minutes
Hi All
Yes they got us again
(despite 5hrs of talking with them and them agreeing) What is the
worst thing is I had no idea that Vanessa O’Gorman or Tracey Curio were
going to be on (despite 2 requests as to who else was on and a confirmation
of who with no word of these 2!) I would not have gone if I knew about
Vanessa!
Also I tried very hard to line up a midwife (they spoke with
her and said oh she says all the same things you say!!) I lined up 2
supportive Obs (one who has done 400 vaginal breaches) and is a great guy,
they said they would interview him, they didn’t. I think it is so
important to attack them on their own story heading, “Mother’s Choice” yeah
what choice!
Perhaps Media Watch may be interested!
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