Yesterday, the AMA issued a resolution stating "That our American Medical Association support the recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) statement that 'the safest setting for labor, delivery, and the immediate post-partum period is in the hospital, or a birthing center within a hospital complex, that meets standards jointly outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and ACOG, or in a freestanding birthing center that meets the standards of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, The Joint Commission, or the American Association of Birth Centers' iii (New HOD Policy)" The entire resolution can be read here.
Today Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block and Abby Epstein responded. You can read their post (which includes actual home birth statistics) here.
If you haven't seen "The Business of Being Born" or read the book "Pushed," I would strongly recommend it. :)
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