Social Justice

If you're planning a home birth, you'll want your family to understand and be supportive of your choice. Here are some books that might help:

We're Having a Homebirth by Kelly Mochel - this is a new US picture book to help small children understand the arrival of their new baby brother or sister. Colourfully illustrated and informative.

“Before you finish eating your breakfast this morning, you've depended on half the world. This is the way our universe is structured... We aren't going to have peace on earth until we recognise this basic fact.” - Martin Luther King

What is Fair Trade?

Women's right to make informed choices about their own care during pregnancy and birth is under threat.

No matter how you choose to have babies, it is important that women are legally able to make their own choice.

Three Bills have been introduced to Commonwealth Parliament to give Medicare and subsidised insurance to eligible midwives. The problem is that the Government doesn't intend the insurance to cover homebirths.

There will be a rally at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 September from 11:30am til 2:30pm, organised by Homebirth Australia.

You can find out more about this issue, and what you can do about it, at the websites for Maternity Coalition and Homebirth Australia.