[ozmidwifery] Kathleen Fahy article in Weekend Australian...

[Tania Smallwood]

Unfortunately not available electronically, but titled “Midwifery is safe, and access a right” what a wonderful comment on women’s rights and the sad state of affairs here in Australia where most midwives do not, and are not allowed to work truly as midwives, encompassing the full extent of our legislated practice guidelines.  She challenges Doctors to provide research evidence from randomized controlled trials to prove that midwifery care is not safe, and states that doctors shouldn’t have a government mandated monopoly on provision of care for pregnant women.  She goes on to say that women should be free to choose their maternity care providers without financial penalty, and that as professional, midwives should have the right to provide maternity care to the full legal scope of their practice.   Three cheers for Kathleen Fahy!   Tania