Alternatives Quote by Michel Odent

Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the…

— Michel Odent

“There are two others: the erroneous claim that anything natural must be safe, and the bedrock assertion of midwives, doulas, and other natural childbirth…

— Amy Tuteur

“Today, the lay midwife is a response to a growing home-birth movement. In my own community most physicians have decided to withhold prenatal care…

— Susan McCutcheon

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in…

— Liya Kebede

When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch…

— Ina May Gaskin

...thousands of women could be saved each year if they had access to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth, and access to emergency obstetric…

— Lee Jong-wook

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

— Liya Kebede

After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all…

— Robin Lim

The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs…

— Ina May Gaskin

If Men Got Pregnant: Natural childbirth would become obsolete

— Nikhil Saluja

During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided me with…

— Patrisse Cullors

It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds…

— Ina May Gaskin