Maternal Mortality

ACNM Applauds Release of the Business of Being Born

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, January 30th, 2008

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) congratulates Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein on the release of their documentary The Business of Being Born, a critique of the medicalization of childbirth in the U.S. and a celebration of normal birth and midwifery care.

The film interlaces intimate birth stories with shocking statistics about the U.S. maternity care system. The film encourages childbearing women to embrace birth as a powerful -- and empowering -- life event rather than view it as an illness in need of medical treatment.

Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) are featured prominently in the film, attending hospital,...

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Source: Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly (2008-01-30)

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