Please register your support for women to have access to independent 
midwifery care. Women deserve to have the choice and midwives in private 
practice who attend homebirth are very skilled practitioners and do not 
deserve to be deregistered.

It doesn't matter if you personally choose to homebirth or not. The 
government is making it illegal for midwives to register by 2010 if they 
cannot secure indemnity insurance, which the governement will not help with. 
Midwives in private practice are so few in number that it isn't affordable 
for insurers to take on or for midwives to access. However insurance has 
nothing to do with the skill competency of midwives. They are highly skilled 
experts in their field. They do not deserve to loose their livlihood. And 
women deserve to have the choice as to who will be their primary care 
provider.

 http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/homebirthaustralia

 Click on the link above to register your support to save independent 
midwifery and homebirth and please pass this onto to your address book.

Rachael Austin

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