Because God Forbid a Woman Have A Choice About How to Give Birth
By Shorter Judge Patricia Joyce: let’s control women’s reproductive lives right down to the position in which they give birth.
From the Kaiser Daily Women’s Health Policy Report:
Cole County, Mo., Circuit Court Judge Patricia Joyce on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of a new state law (HB 818) that allows midwives to deliver infants at home, the AP/Columbia Missourian reports. Current Missouri law bans midwifery except when done by physicians or trained nurses under a doctor’s supervision (Lieb, AP/Columbia Missourian, 7/4).
Next stop: reinstating full anesthesia during labor.