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In Health Reform, Abortion Not the Only Fight

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by Jennifer Block, RH Reality Check

January 12, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

A society that would force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term would also force her to have major abdominal surgery.
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Where's The Birth Plan?

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by Jennifer Block, RH Reality Check

July 30, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Obama
"won't rest" until he's cut health care costs and improved quality? Over here,
Mr. President, says Jennie Joseph, a certified professional midwife who runs a
birth center in Winter Garden, Florida. 
.  Midwives like Joseph provide
what you could call less-is-more care.

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Can We Please Stop Blaming Women for C-Sections?

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by Jennifer Block, RH Reality Check

January 21, 2009 - 3:27pm (Print)

Women are not "electing" to put their babies at risk by choosing c-section. Women being backed into a corner and told what's best, then publicly shamed for "asking for it."
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Midwives Deliver

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by Jennifer Block, RH Reality Check

January 6, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

America is overspending and under-serving women and families. The problem is not access to care; it is the care itself.
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