It is characteristic of the Amish to be big supporters of those who do as they believe in. Government Intrudes in Home Births
The government has decided to do what it can to discourage midwifery and home births, by threatening $40,000 in fines for a woman who assists the Amish community to do what they've always done: birth their babies at home. The Amish have come out in the hundreds to support the victim of socialistic government over-regulation.
Childbirth is pretty much a thing that happens by itself, whether in a field by a worker, on in the back of a taxi, or in an understaffed and overcrowded hospital. Whether there is another person present or not, when it is time for the baby to arrive, the baby comes.
Medicine helps when there is a crisis, yet the Amish have no phones or means to contact an ambulance or EMT when labor begins. They already know this may come up. This knowledge has not motivated them to have modern conveniences installed in their homes. The Amish that I know, if they feel they need or want medical care, find their own ways to see to it.
This is their RIGHT. Government intrusion, by micromanaging even the smallest details such as an experienced woman to be present at a home birth, is one more way governments are TAKING OUR RIGHTS.
That the government wants to begin this with the Amish is VERY TELLING.
Another attempt to eat the Amish lifestyle alive will increase the insatiable government's appetite for more. Will you be next?
1 comment:
Good point about homebirths, Margaret. Thank you for bringing it up.
Mennonites and Amish are not too far apart and I had the luck of having a Mennonite-raised grandmother who had Amish friends.
Because of my granny, I got to learn a smidgen about the ways of the Amish. I loved to watch their horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping by on the roads near Granny's house.
What I remember most, from the vantage point of a small child, is how peaceful Granny's best friend, an Amish woman, was. I felt safe whenever she was in the garden. I always ran outside when I saw her tiny, white-capped head glide past the window.
As for homebirth, it is a fabulous experience. We are fortunate in the state of California that midwives are licensed and families can experience the joy of a well-attended birth in the perfect environment for receiving a child--the home.
The federal government has no business getting into the birthing business. Geesh!
Best wishes, Margaret, and thanks for stopping by my blog and posting a comment recently.
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