There's been lots of discussion on the ACOG statement on the various
lists that I participate on, but I hadn't realized it was in response
to the change in the Wisconsin law, so thanks for sharing that.

I've read that ACOG has issued similar home birth statements a few
times over the past 30 or so years - Marsden Wagner talks about this
in his new book "Born in the USA". The bottom line that he (Wagner)
concludes is that as a member-organization, ACOG has to protect the
rights of its members. Home birth is a threat to ACOG members if too
many people start doing it, and they want to "nip it in the bud".
And their efforts probably work in some instances. We don't really
expect ACOG to get excited about women realizing they don't need
doctors to give birth, do we :-))

Reading Wagner's book was a real eye-opener for me on the politics of
ACOG, so I hope it will be a book club selection here!

Have other organizations issued counter-statements to ACOG's?

Cathleen



--- In BOLDBookClub@yahoogroups.com, "rfeldmanrn" <rfeldmanrn@...>
wrote:
>
> Charlotte Devries, one of the author of our book, has suggested
that
> we leap into our discussion by looking into two recent birth
issues.
> There is a recent ACOG statement in a response to a Wisconsin law
> change regarding direct entry midwives which contains a position
> statement against home birth.