Does Refusing a C-Section = Child Abuse?

By: Friday August 13, 2010 7:06 am

A woman comes into a hospital, in labor, refuses to pre-consent to a c-section, and has her baby whisked away under charges of child neglect?

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

ACOG Says Yes to VBACs

By: Thursday July 22, 2010 7:18 am

Good news from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), on VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesearean). New guidelines were released by the organization yesterday, making it one step easier for women who want to birth vaginally, after a previous c-section, to do so.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

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