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    whynotshesaid: The thing I always found so hard to understand about this mindset is that it posits that science and medicine, which are theoretically just as much a ... more »
    My_Latest_Incarnation: If these nut bags are eschewing vaccines and assisted child birth for their hell broods, then they're undermining their goal of out-breeding the brown... more »
    ShrijaniGalooba: This was picked up by a local news station last night. It can be seen here: http://www.fox59.com/wxin-unassisted-bathtub-births-072309,0,6360522.stor... more »
    Plate2.18: I grew up in the homeschooling community in Arkansas, and I've heard way more about home births than I ever wanted to. For such conservative women, th... more »
    Perhaps Not: I would guess that these people (to a woman, I bet) would call abortion an avoidable tragedy, too. Many would also contend that some women who get abo... more »
    smoakes: I think the big issue here is where the rights of the mother end and the rights of the infant begin. I'd say at the instant of birth, and while I supp... more »
    Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: I'm surprised she had an AFE and didn't die. They're rare and they happen to women in hospitals too. They're also unpredictable. Having a physician th... more »
    YvetteNerpy: There are so many parallels between Carri's situation and my own failed attempt at home birth after 3 c-sections: http://2spb.blogspot.com/2009/07/vyc... more »
    wednesdayam: I'm of the mind that it's not my personal business to judge their medical decisions. The thing that strikes me is that they refuse this for things re... more »
    TheExperience: Look, the word of God can be stretched and molded to mean anything, because the man himself has never felt the need to clarify it to us directly. From... more »
    Zombies make the heart grow fonder: When we say "unassisted" do we mean simply not in a hospital with a doctor? Or do we also mean without a midwife? If simply the former, I find that c... more »
    BoatGirl: So according to her own beliefs, is Carri Chmielewski going to hell for having medical intervention to save her own life following her unassisted home... more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: Some non-religious women give birth at home with midwives. While that is an additional level of help compared to unassisted births, there are greater... more »
    no never nonsense: I've been reading about this movement for a while, and as someone who grew up in a community where there were a lot of homeschoolers (both the hippie ... more »
    t-yo3: I wish the majikthise blog had capitalised that second S in "Christian Scientists". Because a "Christian Scientist" and a "Christian scientist" are n... more »
  • #cheaperbythedozen

    "Quiver-Fulls" Like To Deliver Dozens Of Babies Unassisted

    Cause that worked so well for so many centuries. More »
  • #bellesontheirtoes

    Cheaper By The Dozen, Belles On Their Toes: Mother Knows Best