Hi - I'm Tammi McKinley, a homebirth midwife in Virginia. So glad to
join you!

As to responses to ACOG, MANA, AABC, ACNM, White Ribbon Alliance and
others have sent letters directly to ACOG. By not making them public
via press releases, they did not make ACOG's statement public - it is
well known in the birth arena, but not in the mainstream - which is
fine. They have no evidence to support their claims, so let them vent
as they will - behind closed doors :-)

Tammi
--- 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. She also suggested that we discuss the
> new CDC data putting the c-section rate 1t 27.5. Every year since 1996
> it's been rising, as most of you know.
> So, let's discuss, and the authors shall be joining in soon!
> Best wishes,
> Rebecca
>