Here's an interesting article that ran in The Washington Post yesterday (May
26, 1998).

Midwives Beat Doctors in Government Study
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Check this out:

$1,000 Offered For Data

by Jock Doubleday

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In October of last year, I produced a program titled "Nature Rules: A
Man Speaks Out For Natural Childbirth."  The program ran 22 times on the
local public access station, F.C.A.T., here in Nevada City, CA.
On that program, I offered $1,000 to anyone who could show me even one
published study showing hospital birth to be safer for most mothers and
babies than home birth with a trained midwife in attendance.  It's been
over six months, and no one has claimed the money.
Last month (late March), I made the same offer in the local paper.  It's
been one month exactly, and again no one has claimed the money.

I just can't give it away!

Jock Doubleday
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More from Jock Doubleday:
 I'm actually upping the offer on Marin Channel 31 (a public access TV >
station) on a program called "Archangeles Presents" -- to $5,000.  I'm >
also adding to the categories.  I added 1) "in ANY category of
 I figure $5,000 should enough to inspire a good number of people to do
some research.  When they do, they'll find out the truth.  We need
converts.


Research from around the world has found homebirth to be as safe as hospital
birth with less infant morbidity.


Lisa Boisvert-Mackenzie, Midwife
East Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean

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