"Simply put, when there is no home birth……" — Ina May Gaskin
"Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities in birth is lost to the people of that society—to professional caregivers, as well as to the women of childbearing age themselves."
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Ina May Gaskin
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